Total Crime Rate

225.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 225.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 93.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.3 10/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.0 4/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Boundary Way area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Hartley , and the 105th 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 Boundary Way (NE26 4DW) in the last 12 months was 225.5 per 1,000 residents and was 230.7% higher than the Hartley average (68.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -54.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boundary Way (NE26 4DW), 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 Boundary Way area

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

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