Crime Statistics for Bedlington Station, Northumberland, 2024

There were a total of 152 street level crime incidents in Bedlington Station 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 Bedlington Station, 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	50
Criminal Damage Arson	30
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Shoplifting	21
Public Order	15
Other Theft	4
Other Crime	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Drugs	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	152

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 Bedlington Station. 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 Bedlington Station

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blyth (1.96 miles)	434
Newsham (2.24 miles)	216
Isabella Pit (2.24 miles)	216
Bedlington Station	152
Cambois (1.96 miles)	124
Bebside (0.88 miles)	96
Bedlington (0.88 miles)	96
Bomarsund (1.24 miles)	73
Stakeford (1.96 miles)	72
Choppington (1.39 miles)	58

Where are the most violent places near Bedlington Station?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bedlington Station 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
Stakeford	27
Choppington	27

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

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 Bedlington Station 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 Bedlington Station compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Cowpen	95
2	Kitty Brewster	92
3	Newsham	91
4	Isabella	90
5	Bedlington East	86
6	Bedlington Central	83
7	Sleekburn	75
8	Stakeford	57
9	Bedlington West	57
10	Choppington	47
11	Cramlington North	20

Which road in Bedlington Station has the highest level of crime?

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