Total Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Speedwell Court area has the lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Ashington Central , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 1,082 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 Speedwell Court (NE63 8EY) in the last 12 months was 4.7 per 1,000 residents and was 97.3% lower than the Ashington Central average (173.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences 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 1 (≈ 4.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Speedwell Court (NE63 8EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Ford Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Briardene (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawksmoor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larchwood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilac Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilac Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Ford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawksmoor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | East Pastures | Under investigation |
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