Total Crime Rate

117.7 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 117.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Burglary 11.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • 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

The Villas area has the 14th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Alnwick , and the 280th 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 The Villas (NE66 3XG) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 52.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Villas (NE66 3XG), the main crime hotspot is near Front Street. Police recorded 6 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Villas area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences W T Stead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Front Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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