Stocksfield & Bywell
WardSouth Northumberland. About 4,248 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 59 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 80% of people in Stocksfield & Bywell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Stocksfield & Bywell compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Stocksfield & Bywell safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stocksfield & Bywell at a rate of 19.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.4 per 1,000 people across Northumberland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 6 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stocksfield & Bywell.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (25), violence and sexual offences (24) and anti-social behaviour (12).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Northumberland
These figures are published for the whole of Northumberland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Northumberland and not Stocksfield & Bywell alone. See Northumberland
Stocksfield & Bywell in brief
Stocksfield & Bywell had 4,230 usual residents at the census.
About 80% of people in Stocksfield & Bywell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Stocksfield & Bywell, 80.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Stocksfield & Bywell, 0.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.