Safest towns in North East

Towns in North East ranked from the lowest recorded crime rate, the 12 months to July 2026.

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Ranked by crime per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 96.4; the index column compares each area with it (1.00 = national rate). Rates for city and town centres are inflated by visitors and commuters, who are not counted in the resident population.

Rank	Area	In	Crimes	Per 1,000	Index
1	Ponteland	Northumberland	457	36.6	0.38
2	Wideopen	North Tyneside	491	47.6	0.49
3	Ingleby Barwick	Stockton-on-Tees	1,192	47.7	0.50
4	Crawcrook and Greenside	Gateshead	401	49.2	0.51
5	East Boldon and West Boldon	South Tyneside	396	53.1	0.55
6	Whitburn (South Tyneside)	South Tyneside	286	54.7	0.57
7	Hexham	Northumberland	594	55.8	0.58
8	Egglescliffe	Stockton-on-Tees	636	57.9	0.60
9	Fence Houses	Sunderland	360	59.2	0.61
10	Yarm	Stockton-on-Tees	517	59.5	0.62
11	Shiney Row and Penshaw	Sunderland	1,101	60.4	0.63
12	Killingworth	North Tyneside	607	61.7	0.64
13	Rowlands Gill	Gateshead	352	63.0	0.65
14	Prudhoe	Northumberland	699	63.8	0.66
15	Sedgefield	County Durham	413	64.7	0.67
16	Whitley Bay	North Tyneside	2,393	64.9	0.67
17	Backworth	North Tyneside	341	67.8	0.70
18	Hebburn	South Tyneside	1,545	71.2	0.74
19	Longbenton	North Tyneside	1,910	71.7	0.74
20	Ryton	Gateshead	621	73.8	0.77
21	Birtley	Gateshead	1,163	78.5	0.81
22	Marske-by-the-Sea	Redcar and Cleveland	574	80.5	0.84
23	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Northumberland	1,110	82.7	0.86
24	Morpeth	Northumberland	1,369	82.8	0.86
25	Shiremoor	North Tyneside	546	84.9	0.88
26	Cramlington	Northumberland	2,710	84.9	0.88
27	Hetton-le-Hole	Sunderland	839	85.8	0.89
28	Brotton	Redcar and Cleveland	457	86.4	0.90
29	Throckley	Newcastle upon Tyne	604	86.9	0.90
30	Washington	Sunderland	4,567	87.0	0.90
31	Stakeford	Northumberland	658	88.5	0.92
32	Bedlington	Northumberland	1,608	90.0	0.93
33	Seaton Delaval	Northumberland	746	92.0	0.96
34	Whickham	Gateshead	1,438	92.6	0.96
35	Pelton and Ouston	County Durham	584	95.6	0.99
36	Saltburn-by-the-Sea	Redcar and Cleveland	550	95.9	1.00
37	Consett	County Durham	2,719	96.1	1.00
38	Houghton-le-Spring	Sunderland	1,140	98.2	1.02
39	Amble	Northumberland	663	99.5	1.03
40	Esh Winning	County Durham	534	100.7	1.05
41	Wallsend	North Tyneside	4,820	100.8	1.05
42	Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland)	Redcar and Cleveland	658	101.7	1.06
43	Blaydon	Gateshead	1,398	102.5	1.06
44	Boldon Colliery	South Tyneside	615	104.7	1.09
45	Guisborough	Redcar and Cleveland	1,995	104.7	1.09
46	Alnwick	Northumberland	696	105.6	1.10
47	Gateshead	Gateshead	12,385	106.8	1.11
48	Bowburn	County Durham	632	109.5	1.14
49	Sunderland	Sunderland	19,393	110.4	1.15
50	Chester-le-Street	County Durham	2,669	110.4	1.15
51	Sacriston	County Durham	586	110.7	1.15
52	Billingham	Stockton-on-Tees	3,888	112.8	1.17
53	Newbiggin-by-the-Sea	Northumberland	668	114.2	1.19
54	Ushaw Moor and Bearpark	County Durham	744	115.4	1.20
55	Tynemouth	North Tyneside	7,165	116.4	1.21
56	Brandon (County Durham)	County Durham	1,079	117.3	1.22
57	Ashington (Northumberland)	Northumberland	3,568	118.6	1.23
58	Jarrow	South Tyneside	3,364	120.6	1.25
59	Blyth (Northumberland)	Northumberland	4,976	122.1	1.27
60	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle upon Tyne	36,997	122.1	1.27
61	South Shields	South Tyneside	9,149	124.2	1.29
62	Seaham	County Durham	2,825	124.8	1.30
63	Shotton Colliery	County Durham	640	125.9	1.31
64	Durham	County Durham	6,338	128.4	1.33
65	Loftus	Redcar and Cleveland	671	128.7	1.34
66	Darlington	Darlington	12,291	130.3	1.35
67	Crook	County Durham	1,165	130.8	1.36
68	Redcar	Redcar and Cleveland	5,253	131.9	1.37
69	Newton Aycliffe	County Durham	3,508	132.5	1.38
70	Annfield Plain	County Durham	1,084	133.1	1.38
71	Wingate	County Durham	783	134.3	1.39
72	Peterlee	County Durham	3,014	145.2	1.51
73	Willington (County Durham)	County Durham	941	147.1	1.53
74	Spennymoor	County Durham	2,848	158.8	1.65
75	Stanley (County Durham)	County Durham	3,159	160.0	1.66
76	Stockton-on-Tees	Stockton-on-Tees	15,013	167.1	1.73
77	Hartlepool	Hartlepool	15,721	170.7	1.77
78	Ferryhill	County Durham	1,466	174.2	1.81
79	Shildon	County Durham	1,896	176.7	1.83
80	Easington (County Durham)	County Durham	1,190	179.1	1.86
81	Horden	County Durham	1,389	184.1	1.91
82	Murton (County Durham)	County Durham	1,485	186.7	1.94
83	Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	30,334	187.0	1.94
84	Thornaby-on-Tees	Stockton-on-Tees	4,337	191.4	1.99
85	Bishop Auckland	County Durham	4,344	201.4	2.09
86	Eston	Redcar and Cleveland	6,554	213.5	2.22

Recorded crime depends on reporting and recording as well as on offending, so small differences between areas should not be over-read. See the methodology.

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