Total Crime Rate

125.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Seventh Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Morpeth Kirkhill , and the 261st 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 Seventh Avenue (NE61 2HN) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 225.7% higher than the Morpeth Kirkhill average (38.5 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 Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seventh Avenue (NE61 2HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tenth Avenue, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Third Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Seventh Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenth Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Choppington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order First Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ninth Avenue —
Sep 2025Other crime Fifth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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