Is Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland a nice place to live?

Is Newbiggin by the Sea a nice place to live or is Newbiggin by the Sea rough? Forget local estate agents sales speil and local councillors who say that Newbiggin by the Sea is on the up an up, it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Newbiggin by the Sea truly a nice place to live, or are Ashington, Bedlington and Blyth a lot better? Time to find out.

What are the crime levels like in Newbiggin by the Sea?

Using the latest Police street crime figures (typically from 3 months ago) we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Newbiggin by the Sea. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
Policing Area Voilent Crimes
Ashington 124
North Seaton 52
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea 43
Cambois 38
Bomarsund 27
Stakeford 27
Sheepwash 23
North Seaton Colliery 17
Cresswell 3
Linton 2

The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Newbiggin by the Sea. These statistics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've taken the rank average for wards in and around Newbiggin by the Sea and compared them. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.

You least likely to be a victim of crime in the Haydon ward.

Ward Average rank in England
Haydon (Best) 18112/32845
Stakeford 13832/32845
Lynemouth 12235/32845
Seaton with Newbiggin West 9496/32845
Sleekburn 8135/32845
Newbiggin Central and East 6354/32845
College 3550/32845
Ashington Central 2123/32845
Cowpen 1457/32845
Hirst (Worst) 882/32845
Reader Opinion:

Ashington is by far the chavviest town in Northumberland

Your Health in Newbiggin by the Sea

If you are thinking of moving to Newbiggin by the Sea, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Newbiggin by the Sea compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;

Town Very Bad Bad
Newcastle upon Tyne 1.55% 5.28%
North Tyneside 1.5% 5.3%
South Tyneside 1.91% 6.34%

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Newbiggin by the Sea. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Newbiggin by the Sea. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;

Ward Average rank in England
Haydon (Best) 11746/32845
Stakeford 9995/32845
Seaton with Newbiggin West 9506/32845
Lynemouth 9144/32845
Sleekburn 6428/32845
Newbiggin Central and East 4865/32845
College 4578/32845
Cowpen 4438/32845
Ashington Central 3734/32845
Hirst (Worst) 1939/32845
Reader Opinion:

Ashington is now a necrotic ulcer on the nether regions of the North East

Deprivation in Newbiggin by the Sea

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Newbiggin by the Sea. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.

Ward Average rank in England
Haydon (Best) 17174/32845
Stakeford 16271/32845
Lynemouth 12538/32845
Seaton with Newbiggin West 10319/32845
Sleekburn 8407/32845
College 5124/32845
Ashington Central 4530/32845
Newbiggin Central and East 4417/32845
Cowpen 2756/32845
Hirst (Worst) 1523/32845

Average rent in Newbiggin by the Sea

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Newbiggin by the Sea are dated September 2021. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit section of Universal Credit, the lower quartile is at the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you'd expect to pay for a rental property and the upper quartile is the average rental cost of the most expensive 25% of properties in Newbiggin by the Sea.

Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Newbiggin by the Sea

If you are thinking of moving to Newbiggin by the Sea, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.

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