Total Crime Rate

191.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 191.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.5 8/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • 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
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

Hawthorn Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ashington Central , and the 144th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hawthorn Road (NE63 0SP) in the last 12 months was 191.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 89.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Hawthorn Road (NE63 0SP), the main crime hotspot is near First Avenue. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/51)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Second Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences First Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime First Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order First Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons First Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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