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Northumberland crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 25,757 street-crime records for the Northumberland council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 10.8% fewer than in the 12 months before. The rate is 80.3 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 104.1 for Northumbria Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area Northumberland council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call Northumberland: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
25,757
Latest month (August 2026)
2,403
Year-on-year
-10.8%
Month-by-month totals
2,6310
2.6k
Sep
2.6k
Oct
2.5k
Nov
2.2k
Dec
833
Jan
1.4k
Feb
2.0k
Mar
2.3k
Apr
2.5k
May
2.1k
Jun
2.3k
Jul
2.4k
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
2,631
October 2025
2,577
November 2025
2,515
December 2025
2,183
January 2026
833
February 2026
1,438
March 2026
2,022
April 2026
2,272
May 2026
2,485
June 2026
2,072
July 2026
2,326
August 2026
2,403
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
Northumberland council area
80.3
Northumbria Police
104.1
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
25,757 records and 320,575 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the Northumberland council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences30.9%
7,971 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour23.2%
5,988 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Shoplifting9.7%
2,499 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Criminal damage and arson9.2%
2,363 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Public order7.3%
1,872 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Other theft4.4%
1,127 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Other crime4.3%
1,104 records · England and Wales 2.2%
Burglary3.8%
988 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Where records cluster in the Northumberland council area
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district E06000057), which can differ from the place people call Northumberland.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for Northumberland. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.