Total Crime Rate

127.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.7 9/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Upper Barresdale area has the 11th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Alnwick , and the 252nd highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Barresdale (NE66 1DR) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% higher than the Alnwick average (120.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 62.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Barresdale (NE66 1DR), the main crime hotspot is near Cedar Grove. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Barresdale area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Upper Barresdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cedar Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sycamore Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sycamore Avenue —
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Data Sources

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