Total Crime Rate

106.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.9 9/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Yard Heads area has the 8th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Berwick East , and the 309th 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 Yard Heads (TD15 2HA) in the last 12 months was 106.6 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% higher than the Berwick East average (88.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 56.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yard Heads (TD15 2HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prince Edward Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Osborne Crescent (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Yard Heads area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Lees Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewery Bank Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Osborne Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brewery Bank Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Brae —
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Data Sources

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