Total Crime Rate

189.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 189.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 40.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Public order 17.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.2 4/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Weetwood Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bamburgh , and the 148th highest crime rate of 1,088 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 Weetwood Avenue (NE71 6AF) in the last 12 months was 189.7 per 1,000 residents and was 373.1% higher than the Bamburgh average (40.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 366.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Weetwood Avenue (NE71 6AF), the main crime hotspot is near Bridgend Park. Police recorded 17 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 Weetwood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weetwood Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brewery Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgend Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bridgend Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridgend Park —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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