Total Crime Rate
128.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bankhill area has the 7th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Berwick East , and the 209th highest crime rate of 1,082 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 Bankhill (TD15 1BE) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% higher than the Berwick East average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bankhill (TD15 1BE), the main crime hotspot is near Marygate. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Berwick-Upon-Tweed| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bridge End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brucegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sally Port | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sally Port | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sally Port | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bridge End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Greenside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brucegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ivy Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ivy Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ivy Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scott'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Castlegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tweed Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tweed Street | — |
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