Total Crime Rate

100.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 31.8 6/10
  • Other crime 31.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Leazes Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Amble , and the 295th 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 Leazes Street (NE65 0AL) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% lower than the Amble average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leazes Street (NE65 0AL), the main crime hotspot is near Straffen Court. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Leazes Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Dovecote Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Cuthbert Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Smith Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Lawrence Avenue —
Apr 2026Burglary St Lawrence Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St Lawrence Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime John Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lime Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lime Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lime Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dovecote Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dovecote Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences John Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Straffen Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Straffen Court —
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Data Sources

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