Crime Rates at Ariel Street, Ashington, NE63 9NF

Ariel Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in College , and the 254th highest 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 Ariel Street (NE63 9NF) in the last 12 months was 114.4 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower than the College average (161.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ariel Street (NE63 9NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sixth Avenue, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welfare Crescent (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.