Total Crime Rate

154.5 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 154.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.4 10/10
  • Public order 20.3 9/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Library Court area has the 6th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Prudhoe North , and the 201st 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 Library Court (NE42 5PZ) in the last 12 months was 154.5 per 1,000 residents and was 212.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 9.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -56.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Library Court (NE42 5PZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oakfield Terrace, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B6395 (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Library Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kepwell Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockshott Dean Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Neale Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oakfield Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oakfield Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakfield Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B6395 —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wesley Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B6395 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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