Crime Statistics for Fulbeck, Morpeth, Northumberland, 2024

There were a total of 121 street level crime incidents in Fulbeck in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Fulbeck, 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	49
Public Order	21
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Other Theft	6
Shoplifting	5
Vehicle Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Burglary	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	121

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 Fulbeck. 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 Fulbeck

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fulbeck	121
Stobhillgate (1.39 miles)	115
Morpeth (1.39 miles)	115
High Church (1.24 miles)	102
Stobhill (1.96 miles)	37
Loansdean (1.86 miles)	24
Pegswood (1.86 miles)	21
Fair Moor (0.62 miles)	12
Hebron (1.24 miles)	6
Mitford (1.39 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Fulbeck?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fulbeck	49
Stobhillgate	41
Morpeth	41
High Church	35
Stobhill	13
Pegswood	7
Fair Moor	6
Loansdean	5
Hebron	4
Mitford	1

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

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 Fulbeck 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 Fulbeck compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hirst	97
2	Ashington Central	93
3	Stakeford	57
4	Bedlington West	57
5	Morpeth North	52
6	Bothal	50
7	Choppington	47
8	Morpeth Stobhill	47
9	Pegswood	46
10	Longhorsley	21
11	Morpeth Kirkhill	12

Which road in Fulbeck has the highest level of crime?

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