Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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
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

Spelvit Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Morpeth Kirkhill , and the 396th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Spelvit Lane (NE61 2PR) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 122.3% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 92.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spelvit Lane (NE61 2PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chantry Place, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whalebone Lane (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Spelvit Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whalebone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Chantry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whalebone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A192 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Whalebone Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whalebone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whalebone Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whalebone Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duncan Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Mary'S Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whalebone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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