Total Crime Rate

147.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 147.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.1 8/10
  • Public order 17.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Other crime 11.8 10/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Beresford Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Hartley , and the 210th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beresford Road (NE26 4DR) in the last 12 months was 147.1 per 1,000 residents and was 115.6% higher than the Hartley average (68.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beresford Road (NE26 4DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Millfield (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beresford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collywell Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southward Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Collywell Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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