Total Crime Rate

87.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.9 4/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lyndhurst Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ashington Central , and the 388th highest crime rate of 1,088 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 Lyndhurst Road (NE63 9SS) in the last 12 months was 87.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% lower than the Ashington Central average (216.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyndhurst Road (NE63 9SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hedley Way, where police recorded 180 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Canterbury Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lyndhurst Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Wallington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lichfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hedley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hedley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canterbury Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canterbury Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Canterbury Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Canterbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lichfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salisbury Close
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hedley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwich Close
Sep 2025Public order Norwich Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norwich Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Chichester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Albans Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pembroke Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Pembroke Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harrison Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harrison Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hedley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hedley Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Harrison Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hedley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wallington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallington Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallington Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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