Total Crime Rate

34.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 34.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chester Grove area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 374th lowest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chester Grove (NE24 5SL) in the last 12 months was 34.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.8% lower than the Cowpen average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chester Grove (NE24 5SL), the main crime hotspot is near Shelley Crescent. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chester Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trevelyan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newsham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newsham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southend Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Southend Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southend Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southend Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newsham Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shelley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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