Crime Rate in Bywell, ward

Bywell has the 25th lowest crime rate of 66 wards in Northumberland district and the 2961st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 64th lowest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bywell in the last 12 months was 54.2 per 1,000 residents and was 41.8% lower than the Northumberland district average (93.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bywell’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -48.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 101 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bywell ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Main Road, with 40 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Burnside Close (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.