Total Crime Rate

60.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 60.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Thornton Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Morpeth Kirkhill , and the 517th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thornton Close (NE61 2XB) in the last 12 months was 60.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 700.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Close (NE61 2XB), 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 Thornton Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Choppington Road Under investigation
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tenth Avenue —
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Data Sources

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