Total Crime Rate

54.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 54.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.1 3/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Limetree Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Bamburgh , and the 533rd lowest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Limetree Drive (NE71 6HE) in the last 12 months was 54.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Limetree Drive (NE71 6HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wheatriggs Avenue, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitton Park (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Limetree Drive area

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Data Sources

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