Total Crime Rate

449.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

192.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 449.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 192.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 130.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.0 10/10
  • Public order 71.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 39.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.8 10/10
  • Other theft 26.1 10/10
  • Other crime 13.0 10/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Dispensary Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Alnwick , and the 19th highest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Northumberland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dispensary Street (NE66 1LS) in the last 12 months was 449.5 per 1,000 residents and was 343.7% higher than the Alnwick average (101.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 192.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dispensary Street (NE66 1LS), the main crime hotspot is near Lisburn Terrace. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dispensary Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clayport Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pottergate —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alnwick Bus Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tower Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Row —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Green Batt Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lisburn Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lisburn Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clayport Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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