Crime Statistics for Ashington, Northumberland, 2024

Crime statistics for Ashington, Ashington

There were a total of 347 street level crime incidents in Ashington in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ashington, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime139
Anti Social Behaviour56
Criminal Damage Arson37
Shoplifting35
Public Order19
Vehicle Crime17
Burglary13
Other Theft13
Drugs7
Other Crime6
Robbery3
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime347

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ashington. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Ashington

We've taken the ten nearest places to Ashington and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Ashington has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Ashington347
North Seaton (1.39 miles)160
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (1.86 miles)137
Stakeford (1.39 miles)81
Bomarsund (1.86 miles)74
North Seaton Colliery (1.75 miles)67
Sheepwash (1.75 miles)62
Choppington (2.78 miles)60
Bothal (2.55 miles)11
Linton (2.56 miles)5

2.3%
of Haydon residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Ashington?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Ashington and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Ashington139
North Seaton48
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea36
Stakeford25
Choppington25
Bomarsund22
Sheepwash20
North Seaton Colliery15
Bothal4
Linton2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ashington?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Ashington to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Ashington compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ashington and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Ashington have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Hirst.

#WardScore
1Hirst97
2Ashington Central93
3College89
4Newbiggin Central and East80
5Sleekburn75
6Seaton with Newbiggin West71
7Lynemouth62
8Stakeford57
9Bothal50
10Choppington47
11Haydon44

Which road in Ashington has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ashington with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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