Total Crime Rate
145.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodhead Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Prudhoe North , and the 177th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Woodhead Road (NE42 5DP) in the last 12 months was 145.8 per 1,000 residents and was 233.0% higher than the Prudhoe North average (43.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodhead Road (NE42 5DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Biverfield Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Wylam Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodhead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biverfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stancley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stancley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince George Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince George Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Wylam Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parkwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dene Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Biverfield Road | Under investigation |
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