Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Corbridge records less crime than 94% of UK towns
Violent crime here is lower than in 91% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, lower than in 91%. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at A, drawn from crimes police recorded inside Corbridge’s built-up area through September 2023 to August 2026: #1 of 20 in Northumberland. The yearly rates were 10.8 violent and sexual offences and 4.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Corbridge
Less crime than most places its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Corbridge has the 51st lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Upper Beeding, Goring and Leyburn, higher than Charlton, Sutton Bonington and Duxford. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: A for Corbridge
A fairly firm grade. Built on 132 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Corbridge against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
51st of 856: Corbridge among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 48 | Charlton Hampshire | 2,121 | 10.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | A |
| 49 | Sutton Bonington Nottinghamshire | 2,064 | 4.8 | 10 | 2.8 | A |
| 50 | Duxford Cambridgeshire | 2,216 | 9.9 | 5 | 1.2 | A |
| 51 | Corbridge Northumberland | 2,888 | 10.8 | 4.2 | 6.1 | A |
| 52 | Mayfield East Sussex | 2,253 | 9.8 | 5.2 | 1.6 | A |
| 53 | Snettisham Norfolk | 2,709 | 12.2 | 2.8 | 1.5 | A |
| 54 | Gamston (Rushcliffe) Nottinghamshire | 2,171 | 9.8 | 5.2 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 214 | Rothbury Northumberland | 2,025 | 14.1 | 8 | 2.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 443 | Seaton Sluice Northumberland | 2,957 | 19.5 | 9.9 | 15 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 529 | Ellington Northumberland | 2,131 | 18.2 | 14.9 | 15.2 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 561 | Haltwhistle Northumberland | 3,646 | 25.8 | 9.2 | 7.5 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Corbridge, and others in Northumberland.
How Corbridge’s neighbourhoods rank in England
100% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Corbridge’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Corbridge runs highest on other crime (3.5 per 1,000 against 1.5). Anti-social behaviour and violence & sexual offences sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 30 | 10.4 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 22 | 7.6 | 8.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 10 | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 8 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 8 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 4 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Corbridge per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 4 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
23 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 32 the year before
Northumbria Police published two months short or not at all (Jan 2026 and Feb 2026), so the line breaks there and those months are left out of the rates. “Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -14% (towns its size +1%), shoplifting and theft -26% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -30% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Corbridge’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 8 collisions with injuries inside Corbridge in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Corbridge is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Corbridge’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Corbridge had 1.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Corbridge’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Corbridge
Corbridge records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Stocksfield, 5.2 miles away, records 5.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Corbridge’s 10.8.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Some months are short. Northumbria Police published January 2026 and February 2026 only in part or not at all. Those months are left out of the rates, which average the months that were published in full; the raw counts include what was published.
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Corbridge sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Corbridge
Is Corbridge safe?
Police recorded 10.8 violent and sexual offences and 4.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Corbridge’s built-up area). That earns an A for safety: less crime per resident than 94% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Corbridge is 51st from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Corbridge?
Police recorded 23 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 32 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Corbridge?
Violence & sexual offences: 30 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other crime (10) and shoplifting (8), with 22 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Corbridge compare with Consett?
Consett records 33.8 violent and sexual offences and 13.4 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Corbridge’s 10.8 and 4.2, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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