Total Crime Rate

101.7 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 101.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.6 5/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Montrose Gardens area has the 10th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Morpeth Kirkhill , and the 334th 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 Montrose Gardens (NE61 2QH) in the last 12 months was 101.7 per 1,000 residents and was 164.1% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 28.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Montrose Gardens (NE61 2QH), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Montrose Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary St Mary'S Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duncan Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Postern Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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