Total Crime Rate

87.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.1 8/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sheilas Close area has the 26th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Amble , and the 391st 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 Sheilas Close (NE65 0GG) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% lower than the Amble average (115.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 275.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheilas Close (NE65 0GG), the main crime hotspot is near Sheila'S Close. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sheilas Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheila'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sylvia'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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