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Crime · Hamsterley
Reported crime in the Low Westwood built-up area
129 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 38 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the Low Westwood built-up area, which includes Hamsterley. There are no separate figures for Hamsterley. What each figure covers
Total incidents
129
Rate / 1,000
38
Categories
11
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 48 | 37% |
| Anti social behaviour | 38 | 29% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 | 14% |
| Other theft | 6 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 5 | 4% |
| Public order | 5 | 4% |
| Other crime | 4 | 3% |
| Drugs | 2 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1% |
| Burglary | 1 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 48 |
| Anti social behaviour | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 38 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | ||||||
| Other theft | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Public order | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Other crime | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Drugs | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 9 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 129 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Hamsterley, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 3,374.