Blyth and Ashington

England · E14001107

12,393 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
12,393
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
4,042 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

1,548/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling4,04232.6%
Anti-social behaviourfalling2,45319.8%
Shopliftingfalling1,35610.9%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling1,1849.6%
Public orderfalling8737.0%
Other theftfalling5394.3%
Other crimerising4583.7%
Burglaryfalling4173.4%
Vehicle crimerising4123.3%
Drugsfalling3152.5%
Possession of weaponsrising1271.0%
Robberyrising950.8%
Bicycle theftfalling740.6%
Theft from the personrising480.4%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.