Total Crime Rate

103.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Nightingale Close 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 Nightingale Close (NE42 5BX) 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 Nightingale Close (NE42 5BX), the main crime hotspot is near Nightingale Close. Police recorded 8 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingale Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairway Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pheasant Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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