Total Crime Rate

329.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 329.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 148.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.2 10/10
  • Other theft 24.7 10/10
  • Other crime 19.2 10/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 2/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Alexandra Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ashington Central , and the 62nd 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 Alexandra Road (NE63 9LB) in the last 12 months was 329.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 173.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alexandra Road (NE63 9LB), the main crime hotspot is near Sixth Avenue. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Alexandra Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Byron Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welfare Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welfare Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welfare Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Welfare Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkside Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sixth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ruskin Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ruskin Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windy Gyle Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Windy Gyle Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Windy Gyle Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Windy Gyle Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sweethope Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Catcleugh Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Catcleugh Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Catcleugh Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Catcleugh Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Catcleugh Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alexandra Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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