Crime Statistics for Alnwick, Northumberland, 2024

There were a total of 57 street level crime incidents in Alnwick 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 Alnwick, 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	24
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Shoplifting	5
Public Order	4
Other Theft	3
Other Crime	2
All Crime	57

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 Alnwick. 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 Alnwick

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Alnwick	57
Freelands (0.88 miles)	49
Shilbottle (3.17 miles)	4
Shilbottle Grange (3.34 miles)	4
Longhoughton (3.92 miles)	2
Littlehoughton (3.61 miles)	1
High Buston (4.39 miles)	0
Alnmouth (4.16 miles)	0
Bilton (3.1 miles)	0
Boulmer (4.99 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Alnwick?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Alnwick	24
Freelands	20
Shilbottle	3
Shilbottle Grange	3
Longhoughton	0
Littlehoughton	0
High Buston	0
Alnmouth	0
Bilton	0
Boulmer	0

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

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 Alnwick 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 Alnwick compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Alnwick and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Alnwick is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Amble	64
2	Lynemouth	62
3	Pegswood	46
4	Druridge Bay	45
5	Alnwick	45
6	Amble West with Warkworth	36
7	Norham and Islandshires	13
8	Bamburgh	12
9	Wooler	12
10	Longhoughton	9
11	Shilbottle	8

Which road in Alnwick has the highest level of crime?

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