Total Crime Rate

131.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Public order 21.9 9/10
  • Drugs 12.5 9/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Millfield North area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bedlington Central , and the 239th highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Millfield North (NE22 5EH) in the last 12 months was 131.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% lower than the Bedlington Central average (140.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Millfield North (NE22 5EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vulcan Place, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Millfield (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Millfield North area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Stone Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Millfield North Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Millfield South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Millfield South
Sep 2025Drugs Millfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Vulcan Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vulcan Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Humford Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vulcan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield North Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millfield North Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Millfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Aidan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vulcan Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Millfield Under investigation

Data Sources

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