Total Crime Rate
329.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bailiffgate area has the 5th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Alnwick , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bailiffgate (NE66 1LU) in the last 12 months was 329.1 per 1,000 residents and was 172.4% higher than the Alnwick average (120.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 128.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bailiffgate (NE66 1LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clayport Square (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Alnwick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Narrowgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayport Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clayport Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clayport Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayport Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Clayport Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pottergate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pottergate | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayport Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clayport Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alnwick Bus Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Narrowgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Narrowgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Narrowgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fenkle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alnwick Bus Station | — |
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