Total Crime Rate

11.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 11.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 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
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Newsham Road area has the lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Cowpen , and the 89th 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 Newsham Road (NE24 5TJ) in the last 12 months was 11.0 per 1,000 residents and was 93.0% lower than the Cowpen average (156.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newsham Road (NE24 5TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eighth Avenue, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Second Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Newsham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Thropton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thropton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southend Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fourteenth Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Fourteenth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Chester Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thropton Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thropton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Southend Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Trees
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Trees Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Trees Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trevelyan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southend Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southend Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newsham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kendal Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eighth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eighth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Newsham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newsham Road

Data Sources

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