Total Crime Rate
37.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Roxburgh Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Holywell , and the 401st 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 Roxburgh Close (NE25 0FG) in the last 12 months was 37.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% lower than the Holywell average (107.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roxburgh Close (NE25 0FG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rothley Grove (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holywell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Capheaton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatridge | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rothley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rothley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rothley Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rothley Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blyth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Astley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Astley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Astley Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rothley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wheatridge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitford Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rothley Grove | Under investigation |
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