Total Crime Rate

57.9 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 57.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • 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

Welbeck Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Choppington , and the 538th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Welbeck Road (NE62 5PH) in the last 12 months was 57.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welbeck Road (NE62 5PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morpeth Close, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Avenue (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Welbeck Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Bank Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Morpeth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morpeth Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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