Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0What is recorded in Fair Moor, and why there is no grade
Recorded violence fell 19% in a year. There is no Safety Grade for Fair Moor, but the crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are here. With under 1,000 residents, Fair Moor is too small to grade: a few incidents would move its rate a long way. Year on year, 98.5 violent and sexual offences and 19.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage occur 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 Fair Moor
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 19% less violent crime per resident in Fair Moor than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Fair Moor runs highest on public order (25.1 per 1,000 against 2.4), other theft (12.5 per 1,000 against 2.5) and violence & sexual offences (82.5 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 79 | 82.5 | 16.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 24 | 25.1 | 2.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 13 | 13.6 | 5.3 |
| Other theft | not graded | 12 | 12.5 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 10 | 10.4 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 4.2 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Drugs | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How crime in Fair Moor has moved
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 1,000 to 2,500 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 -19% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -33% (towns its size +0%).
Crime in Fair Moor 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 15 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 13 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Crime in the places around Fair Moor
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Moor | 957 | 98.5 | 19.9 | — |
| Morpeth | 14,419 | 45.3 | 18.4 | D |
| Pegswood | 3,302 | 26.2 | 14.6 | C |
| Stakeford | 8,197 | 30.7 | 13.4 | C |
| Widdrington Station | 2,495 | 30.3 | 13.3 | C |
| Ashington | 28,279 | 53.4 | 27.2 | D− |
| Bedlington | 16,186 | 41.3 | 16.2 | D |
| Ellington | 2,131 | 18.2 | 14.9 | B− |
Fair Moor records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Morpeth, 1.7 miles away, records 45.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Fair Moor’s 98.5.
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 Fair Moor 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 Fair Moor
Is Fair Moor safe?
Police recorded 98.5 violent and sexual offences and 19.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Fair Moor’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Fair Moor?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 19%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 33%, shoplifting and theft rose 65% and anti-social behaviour rose 56%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Fair Moor?
Violence & sexual offences: 79 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (24) and other theft (12), with 13 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Fair Moor compare with Blyth?
Blyth records 49.3 violent and sexual offences and 23.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Fair Moor’s 98.5 and 19.9, 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) · 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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