Crime Statistics for Stobhillgate, Morpeth, Northumberland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Stobhillgate in October 2024. There were a total of 111 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stobhillgate, 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	34
Shoplifting	20
Public Order	13
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Drugs	6
Other Theft	5
Burglary	5
Theft From The Person	3
Other Crime	3
Vehicle Crime	2
All Crime	111

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 Stobhillgate. 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 Stobhillgate

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Morpeth	222
Fulbeck (1.39 miles)	130
Stobhillgate	111
High Church (0.62 miles)	82
Stobhill (0.62 miles)	41
Bothal (1.96 miles)	34
Pegswood (1.75 miles)	28
Loansdean (0.88 miles)	21
Fair Moor (1.75 miles)	18
Hepscott (1.39 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Stobhillgate?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Morpeth	134
Fulbeck	55
High Church	37
Stobhillgate	34
Bothal	16
Stobhill	14
Pegswood	12
Loansdean	11
Fair Moor	11
Hepscott	1

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

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 Stobhillgate 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 Stobhillgate compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stobhillgate and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Stobhillgate is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bedlington East	86
2	Bedlington Central	83
3	Stakeford	57
4	Bedlington West	57
5	Morpeth North	52
6	Bothal	50
7	Choppington	47
8	Morpeth Stobhill	47
9	Pegswood	46
10	Longhorsley	21
11	Morpeth Kirkhill	12

Which road in Stobhillgate has the highest level of crime?

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