Total Crime Rate
103.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stancley Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Prudhoe North , and the 329th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stancley Road (NE42 5AG) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 108.2% higher than the Prudhoe North average (49.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 69.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stancley Road (NE42 5AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Biverfield Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Wylam Drive (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Prudhoe North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dene Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Scales Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Biverfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheviot View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Paddock Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | West Wylam Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dene Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dene Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Wylam Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Wylam Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | West Wylam Drive | Offender given a caution |
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