Crime Statistics for Ashington, Northumberland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ashington in October 2024. There were a total of 480 incidents. 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 Ashington, 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	177
Anti Social Behaviour	87
Shoplifting	62
Criminal Damage Arson	33
Public Order	31
Burglary	21
Vehicle Crime	18
Other Theft	17
Other Crime	13
Robbery	8
Possession Of Weapons	6
Bicycle Theft	4
Drugs	3
All Crime	480

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ashington. 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 Ashington

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ashington	477
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (1.86 miles)	179
North Seaton (1.39 miles)	163
Stakeford (1.39 miles)	89
Sheepwash (1.75 miles)	80
Choppington (2.78 miles)	67
Bomarsund (1.86 miles)	63
North Seaton Colliery (1.75 miles)	57
Bothal (2.55 miles)	34
Linton (2.56 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Ashington?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ashington	177
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea	70
North Seaton	44
Sheepwash	30
Stakeford	29
Bomarsund	27
Choppington	23
Bothal	16
North Seaton Colliery	8
Linton	0

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

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 Ashington 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 Ashington compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Hirst	97
2	Ashington Central	93
3	College	89
4	Newbiggin Central and East	80
5	Sleekburn	75
6	Seaton with Newbiggin West	71
7	Lynemouth	62
8	Stakeford	57
9	Bothal	50
10	Choppington	47
11	Haydon	44

Which road in Ashington has the highest level of crime?

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