Total Crime Rate

28.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

22.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 28.6 3/10
  • Violent crimes 22.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.3 4/10
  • Public order 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dixon Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Bamburgh , and the 321st lowest crime rate of 1,082 local areas in Northumberland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dixon Road (NE70 7DD) in the last 12 months was 28.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% lower than the Bamburgh average (39.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 22.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dixon Road (NE70 7DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nursery Lane, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bell Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Dixon Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadowgarth Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Meadowgarth Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Meadowgarth Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Meadowgarth Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cragview Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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