Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0Lynemouth has more crime per resident than 94% of UK towns
At 35.6 per 1,000 residents, anti-social behaviour in Lynemouth runs well past the 5.3 of a typical town its size (60 recorded in the 12 months to August 2026). Recorded violence fell 12% in a year. Scored on crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area across September 2023 to August 2026, the town lands on D for safety. Police counts work out at 44.6 violent and sexual offences and 27.0 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Lynemouth
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 12% less violent crime per resident in Lynemouth than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
100% of Lynemouth’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 0% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Lynemouth’s grade
A fairly firm grade. Built on 350 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Lynemouth against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Lynemouth runs highest on anti-social behaviour (35.6 per 1,000 against 5.3), criminal damage & arson (18.4 per 1,000 against 3.2) and violence & sexual offences (33.8 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 60 | 35.6 | 5.3 |
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 57 | 33.8 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 31 | 18.4 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 8 | 4.7 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 8 | 4.7 | 1.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 7 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 7 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 6 | 3.6 | 1.1 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Other theft | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.6 | 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 Lynemouth compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Felton Northumberland | 1,270 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 25 | Stocksfield Northumberland | 1,944 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 48 | Longhoughton Northumberland | 1,173 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 116 | Wylam Northumberland | 1,661 | 7.4 | 6 | 16.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1177 | Llandysul Dyfed | 1,321 | 48.5 | 21.9 | 6.2 | D |
| 1178 | Grove Dorset | 1,032 | 64 | 6.5 | 3.9 | D |
| 1179 | Carlin How North Yorkshire | 1,196 | 49.1 | 22.6 | 8.9 | D |
| 1180 | Lynemouth Northumberland | 1,685 | 44.6 | 27 | 7.8 | D |
| 1181 | Berryfield Wiltshire | 1,094 | 53.6 | 18.6 | 4 | D |
| 1182 | New Houghton Derbyshire | 1,431 | 50.3 | 22.4 | 4.4 | D |
| 1183 | Barmouth Gwynedd | 1,986 | 58.5 | 14.8 | 19 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | 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 Lynemouth, and others in Northumberland.
Crime in Lynemouth 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 28 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Lynemouth 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 -12% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +32% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour +60% (towns its size -1%).
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 72% of Lynemouth’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 32% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (0% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 8% of violent and 4% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 132 crimes.
No one died in a collision on Lynemouth’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Lynemouth in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Lynemouth is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Lynemouth’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Lynemouth 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 Lynemouth’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Lynemouth
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynemouth | 1,685 | 44.6 | 27 | D |
| Ellington | 2,131 | 18.2 | 14.9 | B− |
| Newbiggin-by-the-Sea | 5,951 | 36.8 | 21.7 | D |
| Ashington | 28,279 | 53.4 | 27.2 | D− |
| Widdrington Station | 2,495 | 30.3 | 13.3 | C |
| Stakeford | 8,197 | 30.7 | 13.4 | C |
| Pegswood | 3,302 | 26.2 | 14.6 | C |
| Bedlington | 16,186 | 41.3 | 16.2 | D |
Lynemouth records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Ashington records more. Ellington, 1 miles away, records 18.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Lynemouth’s 44.6.
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 Lynemouth 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 Lynemouth
Is Lynemouth safe?
Police recorded 44.6 violent and sexual offences and 27 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Lynemouth’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 6% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Lynemouth has less crime per resident than 3%.
Is crime going up in Lynemouth?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 12%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 32%, shoplifting and theft fell 78% and anti-social behaviour rose 60%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Lynemouth?
Violence & sexual offences: 57 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (31) and burglary (8), with 60 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Lynemouth 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 Lynemouth’s 44.6 and 27, 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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