Crime Statistics for South Beach, Blyth, Northumberland, 2024

There were a total of 24 street level crime incidents in South Beach 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 South Beach, 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	11
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Other Theft	2
Shoplifting	2
Drugs	1
Other Crime	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Public Order	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	24

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 South Beach. 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 South Beach

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Blyth (1.75 miles)	434
Newsham (1.39 miles)	216
Isabella Pit (1.39 miles)	216
Cambois (2.78 miles)	124
Bebside (2.77 miles)	96
New Delaval (1.86 miles)	74
New Hartley (2.24 miles)	67
Holywell (3.17 miles)	44
South Newsham (1.39 miles)	28
South Beach	24

Where are the most violent places near South Beach?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to South Beach 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
Cambois	38
Bebside	28
New Hartley	21
New Delaval	20
Holywell	14
South Newsham	13
South Beach	11

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

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 South Beach 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 South Beach compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to South Beach and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in South Beach have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Croft.

#	Ward	Score
1	Croft	99
2	Cowpen	95
3	Newsham	91
4	Isabella	90
5	Wensleydale	86
6	Seghill with Seaton Delaval	79
7	Cramlington East	72
8	Holywell	59
9	South Blyth	51
10	Plessey	50
11	Hartley	38

Which road in South Beach has the highest level of crime?

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