Crime Statistics for Southfield, Cramlington, Northumberland, 2024

Crime statistics for Southfield, Cramlington

There were a total of 88 street level crime incidents in Southfield in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Southfield, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime29
Other Theft16
Anti Social Behaviour15
Public Order8
Shoplifting8
Criminal Damage Arson4
Bicycle Theft3
Vehicle Crime2
Robbery1
Burglary1
Drugs1
All Crime88

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Southfield. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Southfield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cramlington (0.62 miles)182
Mayfield (0.88 miles)173
Nelson Village (1.39 miles)129
Beaconhill (0.88 miles)108
Collingwood (0.62 miles)103
Burradon (1.96 miles)98
Southfield88
Fordley (1.24 miles)49
Dudley (1.24 miles)49
Annitsford (0.62 miles)43

2.24%
of Cramlington South East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Southfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cramlington60
Mayfield51
Collingwood41
Nelson Village39
Beaconhill31
Southfield29
Burradon26
Fordley23
Dudley23
Annitsford12

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

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 Southfield 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 Southfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Southfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Southfield is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Seghill with Seaton Delaval79
2Cramlington East72
3Holywell59
4Castle47
5Cramlington Eastfield46
6Cramlington Village45
7Parklands38
8Weetslade35
9Cramlington South East31
10Cramlington West28
11Cramlington North20

Which road in Southfield has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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