Crime Statistics for North Seaton, West Sleekburn, Northumberland, 2024

There were a total of 138 street level crime incidents in North Seaton in February 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 North Seaton, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	52
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Shoplifting	15
Public Order	11
Other Theft	6
Burglary	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	2
Other Crime	2
All Crime	138

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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 North Seaton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ashington (1.39 miles)	326
Bedlington Station (2.78 miles)	152
North Seaton	138
Cambois (1.96 miles)	124
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (0.88 miles)	114
Stakeford (1.96 miles)	81
Bomarsund (1.75 miles)	73
Sheepwash (2.55 miles)	62
Choppington (3.1 miles)	58
North Seaton Colliery (0.62 miles)	48

Where are the most violent places near North Seaton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ashington	124
North Seaton	52
Bedlington Station	50
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea	43
Cambois	38
Bomarsund	27
Choppington	27
Stakeford	25
Sheepwash	20
North Seaton Colliery	17

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

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 North Seaton 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 North Seaton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to North Seaton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. North Seaton is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hirst	97
2	Cowpen	95
3	Ashington Central	93
4	College	89
5	Newbiggin Central and East	80
6	Sleekburn	75
7	Seaton with Newbiggin West	71
8	Stakeford	57
9	Bothal	50
10	Choppington	47
11	Haydon	44

Which road in North Seaton has the highest level of crime?

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