Total Crime Rate

175.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 175.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Other crime 12.5 10/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Scales Crescent area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Prudhoe North , and the 170th 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 Scales Crescent (NE42 5DW) in the last 12 months was 175.0 per 1,000 residents and was 253.5% higher than the Prudhoe North average (49.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scales Crescent (NE42 5DW), the main crime hotspot is near West Wylam Drive. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Scales Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime West Wylam Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandyford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scales Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkwood Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Wylam Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Wylam Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order West Wylam Drive Offender given a caution
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Data Sources

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