Crime in NE61 6JZ
How much crime is recorded in NE61 6JZ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Morpeth South & West
- Council
- Northumberland
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,601 (2024)
NE61 6JZMorpeth
How safe is NE61 6JZ
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the NE61 6JZ area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.