Crime Rate in Bellingham, ward

Bellingham has the 28th lowest crime rate of 66 wards in Northumberland district and the 3169th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 70th lowest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bellingham in the last 12 months was 56.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% lower than the Northumberland district average (93.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bellingham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 110 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bellingham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 43 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Brierley Gardens (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.