Crime Rate in Lynemouth, ward

Lynemouth has the 23rd highest crime rate of 66 wards in Northumberland district and the 1843rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 164th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Lynemouth in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher than the Northumberland district average (93.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lynemouth’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 120 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -73.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 165 (≈ 37.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lynemouth ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Sports/Recreation Area, with 49 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Boland Road (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.