Crime Statistics for Sheepwash, Guide Post, Northumberland, 2024

There were a total of 53 street level crime incidents in Sheepwash in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Violent Crime	14
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Shoplifting	5
Public Order	4
Drugs	2
Theft From The Person	1
Other Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Burglary	1
Robbery	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	53

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Sheepwash. 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 Sheepwash

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ashington (1.75 miles)	285
Bedlington Station (2.24 miles)	132
Stakeford (0.62 miles)	67
Bomarsund (1.39 miles)	59
Sheepwash	53
North Seaton Colliery (2.48 miles)	47
Choppington (1.24 miles)	38
Pegswood (2.24 miles)	28
Bothal (1.39 miles)	21
Hepscott (1.96 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Sheepwash?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ashington	103
Bedlington Station	45
Bomarsund	25
Stakeford	21
Choppington	15
Sheepwash	14
North Seaton Colliery	12
Pegswood	8
Bothal	7
Hepscott	1

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

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 Sheepwash 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 Sheepwash compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hirst	97
2	Ashington Central	93
3	Kitty Brewster	92
4	College	89
5	Bedlington East	86
6	Bedlington Central	83
7	Sleekburn	75
8	Stakeford	57
9	Bothal	50
10	Choppington	47
11	Haydon	44

Which road in Sheepwash has the highest level of crime?

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