Total Crime Rate
1074.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Maple Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ashington Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Maple Street (NE63 0BN) in the last 12 months was 1074.1 per 1,000 residents and was 395.4% higher than the Ashington Central average (216.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 35.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -47.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 103 (≈ 423.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 90.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maple Street (NE63 0BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashington Bus Station, where police recorded 170 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near First Avenue (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashington Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Reiverdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Reiverdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Acacia Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Acacia Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashington Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pont Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poplar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rosalind Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashington Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashington Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ashington Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashington Bus Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ashington Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ashington Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosalind Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pont Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosalind Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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