Crime Statistics for Bebside, Blyth, Northumberland, 2024

There were a total of 96 street level crime incidents in Bebside in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bebside, 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	28
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Anti Social Behaviour	19
Shoplifting	7
Public Order	7
Robbery	6
Burglary	3
Other Crime	2
Drugs	2
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	96

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 Bebside. 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 Bebside

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blyth (1.24 miles)	434
Newsham (1.39 miles)	216
Isabella Pit (1.39 miles)	216
Bedlington Station (0.88 miles)	152
Cambois (1.75 miles)	124
Bebside	96
Bedlington (1.24 miles)	96
New Delaval (1.39 miles)	74
Bomarsund (1.96 miles)	73
Choppington (2.24 miles)	58

Where are the most violent places near Bebside?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Blyth	127
Newsham	66
Isabella Pit	66
Bedlington Station	50
Cambois	38
Bedlington	34
Bebside	28
Bomarsund	27
Choppington	27
New Delaval	20

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

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 Bebside 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 Bebside compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bebside and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bebside is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Cowpen	95
2	Kitty Brewster	92
3	Newsham	91
4	Isabella	90
5	Bedlington East	86
6	Bedlington Central	83
7	Seghill with Seaton Delaval	79
8	Sleekburn	75
9	South Blyth	51
10	Plessey	50
11	Choppington	47

Which road in Bebside has the highest level of crime?

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