Crime Statistics for Warkworth, Northumberland, 2024

Crime statistics for Warkworth, Warkworth

There were a total of 20 street level crime incidents in Warkworth in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour13
Violent Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson2
Other Theft1
Public Order1
All Crime20

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 Warkworth. 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 Warkworth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
High Hauxley (2.63 miles)59
Amble (2.63 miles)59
Broomhill (3.1 miles)21
Warkworth20
Radcliffe (2.78 miles)19
Shilbottle Grange (2.77 miles)4
North Togston (2.56 miles)4
High Buston (1.39 miles)0
Alnmouth (2.48 miles)0
Bilton (2.78 miles)0

2.79%
of Amble West with Warkworth residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Warkworth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
High Hauxley14
Amble14
Broomhill12
Warkworth3
Radcliffe3
Shilbottle Grange3
North Togston1
High Buston0
Alnmouth0
Bilton0

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

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 Warkworth 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 Warkworth compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Hirst97
2Ashington Central93
3Newbiggin Central and East80
4Amble64
5Lynemouth62
6Pegswood46
7Druridge Bay45
8Alnwick45
9Amble West with Warkworth36
10Longhoughton9
11Shilbottle8

Which road in Warkworth has the highest level of crime?

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

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