Total Crime Rate
590.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
222.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tyne Mills area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Hexham Central with Acomb , and the 11th 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 Tyne Mills (NE46 1XL) in the last 12 months was 590.4 per 1,000 residents and was 470.6% higher than the Hexham Central with Acomb average (103.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 222.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tyne Mills (NE46 1XL), the main crime hotspot is near Ferry Road. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peth Head | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peth Head | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peth Head | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dean Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peth Head | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peth Head | Under investigation |
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