Total Crime Rate

98.5 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 98.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.2 8/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Sarabell Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Choppington , and the 348th 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 Sarabell Avenue (NE62 5NX) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.1% lower than the Choppington average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sarabell Avenue (NE62 5NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morpeth Close, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dene Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sarabell Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dene Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hadrian Mews
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dene Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Front Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Dene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Morpeth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Byron Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Byron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Front Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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