Crime Statistics for Oakwood, Hexham, Northumberland, 2024

There were a total of 53 street level crime incidents in Oakwood 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 Oakwood, 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	6
Shoplifting	5
Burglary	5
Other Theft	4
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Vehicle Crime	2
Public Order	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	53

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 Oakwood. 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 Oakwood

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bridge End (0.62 miles)	58
Oakwood	53
Hexham (1.39 miles)	44
Anick (0.62 miles)	21
Corbridge (3.16 miles)	19
Acomb (0.88 miles)	8
Nether Warden (2.24 miles)	0
Wall (2.63 miles)	0
Fourstones (3.34 miles)	0
Sandhoe (1.96 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Oakwood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bridge End	28
Oakwood	24
Hexham	16
Anick	11
Acomb	7
Corbridge	6
Nether Warden	0
Wall	0
Fourstones	0
Sandhoe	0

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

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 Oakwood 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 Oakwood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Chopwell and Rowlands Gill	56
2	Weardale	44
3	Prudhoe South	41
4	Hexham East	39
5	Hexham Central with Acomb	31
6	Prudhoe North	27
7	Bywell	26
8	Hexham West	23
9	Stocksfield and Broomhaugh	9
10	Corbridge	7
11	Humshaugh	6

Which road in Oakwood has the highest level of crime?

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