Total Crime Rate

109.3 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 109.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 48.6 8/10
  • Public order 16.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.2 4/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Sycamore Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ashington Central , and the 298th 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 Sycamore Street (NE63 0QH) in the last 12 months was 109.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% lower than the Ashington Central average (216.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -87.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sycamore Street (NE63 0QH), the main crime hotspot is near Fifth Avenue. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sycamore Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Norham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bywell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bywell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sixth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redwood Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redwood Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redwood Court
Sep 2025Burglary Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Eighth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milburn Road
Sep 2025Drugs Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milburn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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