VIOLENCE and sexual offences were the most reported crimes across County Durham and Darlington, alongside anti-social behaviour, figures reveal.
The most up to date figures, from November 2020, show violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour were the most commonly reported crimes across all Durham Constabulary neighbourhood policing areas.
The two categories were consistently the most reported in every neighbourhood, with the exception of Newton Aycliffe (Byerley) and South Hetton / Haswell / Haswell Plough, where criminal damage and arson were most reported.
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The red and green lines in the graph below show how far the crime rate would normally vary from the average. County Durham lies between the red and green lines, so its crime rate is normal for the group.
The same lines on the graph below show how far crime rates would also vary, revealing County Durham is also normal within the group.
As local data is only available up to November, the numbers crime does not reflect the latest trends.
Take a look at how your neighbourhood compares.
Darlington:
Darlington (Cockerton)
Violence and sexual offences - 93
Anti-social behaviour - 27
Criminal damage and arson - 24
Vehicle crime - 20
Overall crimes - 216
Darlington (East Villages)
Violence and sexual offences - 15
Anti-social behaviour - 8
Other theft - 6
Criminal damage and arson - 5
Overall crimes - 48
Darlington (East)
Violence and sexual offences - 108
Anti-social behaviour - 84
Criminal damage and arson - 33
Vehicle crime - 32
Overall crimes - 344
Darlington (Haughton)
Violence and sexual offences - 38
Anti-social behaviour - 37
Criminal damage and arson - 10
Other theft - 8
Overall crimes - 120
Darlington (North Road)
Violence and sexual offences - 77
Anti-social behaviour - 37
Criminal damage and arson - 23
Public order - 12
Overall crimes - 201
Darlington (Town Centre)
Violence and sexual offences - 46
Anti-social behaviour - 33
Shoplifting - 28
Criminal damage and arson - 18
Overall crimes - 169
Darlington (West Villages)
Criminal damage and arson - 5
Violence and sexual offences - 4
Burglary - 3
Anti-social behaviour - 2
Overall crimes - 16
County Durham:
Bishop Auckland (East)
Anti-social behaviour -33
Violence and sexual offences - 33
Criminal damage and arson - 14
Public order - 7
Overall crimes - 102
Bishop Auckland (Town)
Violence and sexual offences - 85
Anti-social behaviour - 58
Criminal damage and arson - 34
Public order - 16
Overall crimes - 242
Bishop Auckland (Villages)
Anti-social behaviour - 15
Violence and sexual offences - 5
Criminal damage and arson - 4
Public order - 4
Overall crimes - 31
Bishop Auckland (West)
Anti-social behaviour - 34
Violence and sexual offences - 22
Shoplifting - 19
Criminal damage and arson - 12
Overall crimes - 104
Chester-le-street (East/villages)
Anti-social behaviour - 29
Violence and sexual offences - 22
Public order - 7
Criminal damage and arson - 6
Overall crimes - 72
Chester-le-street (Rural N)
Anti-social behaviour - 25
Violence and sexual offences - 15
Public order - 7
Criminal damage and arson - 6
Overall crimes - 71
Chester-le-street (Rural S)
Anti-social behaviour - 23
Violence and sexual offences - 21
Criminal damage and arson - 8
Public order - 8
Overall crimes - 74
Chester-le-street (Rural W)
Violence and sexual offences - 16
Anti-social behaviour - 9
Criminal damage and arson - 7
Burglary - 5
Overall crimes - 56
Chester-le-street (Town C)
Violence and sexual offences - 33
Anti-social behaviour - 29
Public order - 15
Vehicle crime - 14
Overall crimes - 134
Chester-le-street (Town S)
Violence and sexual offences - 26
Burglary - 18
Anti-social behaviour - 12
Vehicle crime - 6
Overall crimes - 78
Consett
Violence and sexual offences - 73
Anti-social behaviour - 67
Criminal damage and arson - 19
Public order - 18
Overall crimes - 208
Consett (Blackhill/Ebchester/Leadgate)
Violence and sexual offences - 29
Anti-social behaviour - 28
Criminal damage and arson - 17
Shoplifting - 12
Overall crimes - 102
Consett (Lanchester/Rural)
Violence and sexual offences - 24
Anti-social behaviour - 17
Criminal damage and arson - 4
Vehicle crime - 4
Overall crimes - 62
Crook/Barnard Castle (Barnard Castle Town)
Violence and sexual offences - 10
Anti-social behaviour - 2
Shoplifting - 2
Burglary - 1
Overall crimes - 18
Crook/Barnard Castle (Crook Town)
Violence and sexual offences - 53
Anti-social behaviour - 28
Burglary - 18
Criminal damage and arson - 16
Overall crimes - 146
Crook/Barnard Castle (Staindrop)
Violence and sexual offences - 9
Criminal damage and arson - 7
Anti-social behaviour - 4
Drugs - 3
Overall crimes - 30
Crook/Barnard Castle (Upper Teesdale)
Violence and sexual offences - 5
Anti-social behaviour - 4
Burglary - 1
Criminal damage and arson - 1
Overall crimes - 13
Crook/Barnard Castle (Weardale)
Violence and sexual offences - 9
Other theft - 4
Criminal damage and arson - 3
Anti-social behaviour - 1
Overall crimes - 21
Crook/Barnard Castle (Willington)
Violence and sexual offences - 45
Anti-social behaviour - 17
Criminal damage and arson - 9
Burglary - 5
Overall crimes - 101
Durham (Bowburn, Cassop, Shincliffe, High Shincliffe)
Violence and sexual offences - 16
Anti-social behaviour - 13
Public order - 9
Criminal damage and arson - 6
Overall crimes - 55
Durham (Coxhoe/Kelloe/Q Hill)
Violence and sexual offences - 9
Anti-social behaviour - 7
Criminal damage and arson - 6
Burglary - 3
Overall crimes - 32
Durham (Croxdale/Hett)
Anti-social behaviour - 2
Other theft - 1
Theft from the person - 1
Violence and sexual offences - 1
Overall crimes - 5
Durham (Durham City West)
Violence and sexual offences - 6
Anti-social behaviour - 4
Bicycle theft - 1
Burglary - 1
Overall crimes - 14
Durham (Durham City)
Anti-social behaviour - 88
Violence and sexual offences - 27
Bicycle theft - 16
Public order - 16
Overall crimes - 198
Durham (Gilesgate/Sherburn Road/Carville/Belmont)
Violence and sexual offences - 35
Anti-social behaviour - 23
Public order - 14
Criminal damage and arson - 13
Overall crimes - 125
Durham (High Pittington/ West Rainton)
Violence and sexual offences - 16
Anti-social behaviour - 14
Public order - 4
Criminal damage and arson - 3
Overall crimes - 43
Durham (Meadowfield)
Violence and sexual offences - 35
Anti-social behaviour - 19
Criminal damage and arson - 10
Shoplifting - 5
Overall crimes - 84
Durham (Newton Hall)
Violence and sexual offences - 47
Anti-social behaviour - 20
Public order - 12
Shoplifting - 12
Overall crimes - 131
Durham (Shadforth/Ludworth)
Violence and sexual offences - 5
Anti-social behaviour - 2
Criminal damage and arson - 1
Public order - 1
Overall crimes - 9
Durham (Sherburn Village/Sherburn Hill)
Anti-social behaviour - 6
Violence and sexual offences - 5
Criminal damage and arson - 3
Public order - 3
Overall crimes - 24
Durham (Ushaw Moor)
Violence and sexual offences - 39
Anti-social behaviour - 23
Shoplifting - 9
Criminal damage and arson - 7
Overall crimes - 90
Easington / Grants Houses
Violence and sexual offences - 29
Anti-social behaviour - 21
Shoplifting - 18
Criminal damage and arson - 12
Overall crimes - 97
Ferryhill - Broom Ward
Violence and sexual offences - 10
Anti-social behaviour - 5
Burglary - 2
Drugs - 2
Overall crimes - 24
Ferryhill - Chilton Ward
Violence and sexual offences - 20
Anti-social behaviour - 15
Criminal damage and arson - 8
Other theft - 5
Overall crimes - 58
Ferryhill - Ferryhill Town & Dean Bank
Violence and sexual offences - 18
Criminal damage and arson - 10
Burglary - 9
Anti-social behaviour - 7
Overall crimes - 63
Ferryhill - West Cornforth/Bishop Middleham
Anti-social behaviour - 13
Violence and sexual offences - 5
Criminal damage and arson - 3
Other crime - 3
Overall crimes - 31
Newton Aycliffe (Aycliffe East)
Violence and sexual offences - 28
Anti-social behaviour - 26
Criminal damage and arson - 11
Shoplifting - 8
Overall crimes - 87
Newton Aycliffe (Aycliffe North/Middridge)
Violence and sexual offences - 32
Anti-social behaviour - 12
Criminal damage and arson - 7
Other crime - 6
Overall crimes - 68
Newton Aycliffe (Aycliffe West)
Anti-social behaviour - 38
Violence and sexual offences - 20
Criminal damage and arson - 7
Public order - 5
Overall crimes - 75
Newton Aycliffe (Byerley)
Criminal damage and arson - 15
Violence and sexual offences - 15
Anti-social behaviour - 13
Shoplifting - 4
Overall crimes - 56
Newton Aycliffe (Fishburn)
Violence and sexual offences - 9
Anti-social behaviour - 3
Criminal damage and arson - 3
Other theft - 2
Overall crimes - 21
Newton Aycliffe (Sedgefield)
Anti-social behaviour - 9
Criminal damage and arson - 6
Other theft - 5
Shoplifting - 4
Overall crimes - 30
Newton Aycliffe (Sunnydale)
Violence and sexual offences - 16
Anti-social behaviour - 6
Criminal damage and arson - 5
Vehicle crime - 2
Overall crimes - 33
Newton Aycliffe (Thickley)
Violence and sexual offences - 22
Anti-social behaviour - 20
Criminal damage and arson - 9
Drugs - 2
Overall crimes - 59
Newton Aycliffe (Trimdon Village)
Violence and sexual offences - 9
Anti-social behaviour - 5
Criminal damage and arson - 4
Burglary - 1
Overall crimes - 22
Peterlee (Blackhall)
Violence and sexual offences - 42
Anti-social behaviour - 15
Criminal damage and arson - 10
Public order - 7
Overall crimes - 84
Peterlee (Horden)
Violence and sexual offences - 43
Anti-social behaviour - 34
Criminal damage and arson - 24
Burglary - 10
Overall crimes - 144
Peterlee (Peterlee)
Violence and sexual offences - 95
Anti-social behaviour - 51
Criminal damage and arson - 39
Shoplifting - 25
Overall crimes - 281
Peterlee (Shotton)
Anti-social behaviour - 39
Violence and sexual offences - 19
Criminal damage and arson - 14
Public order - 5
Overall crimes - 89
Peterlee (Trimdon)
Violence and sexual offences - 8
Other theft - 5
Burglary - 3
Criminal damage and arson - 1
Overall crimes - 18
Peterlee (Wheatley Hill)
Violence and sexual offences - 31
Anti-social behaviour - 20
Criminal damage and arson - 16
Burglary - 8
Overall crimes - 100
Peterlee (Wingate)
Anti-social behaviour - 15
Criminal damage and arson - 8
Violence and sexual offences - 8
Shoplifting - 6
Overall crimes - 48
Seaham/Easington (Murton)
Violence and sexual offences - 23
Anti-social behaviour - 16
Burglary - 10
Criminal damage and arson - 10
Overall crimes - 81
Seaham/Easington (Seaham North)
Violence and sexual offences - 24
Anti-social behaviour - 12
Vehicle crime - 5
Public order - 4
Overall crimes - 49
Seaham/Easington (Seaham Town)
Violence and sexual offences - 36
Anti-social behaviour - 18
Other theft - 9
Criminal damage and arson - 7
Overall crimes - 90
Seaham/Easington (Seaham West)
Violence and sexual offences - 23
Criminal damage and arson - 14
Public order - 8
Burglary - 6
Overall crimes - 67
South Hetton / Haswell / Haswell Plough
Criminal damage and arson - 12
Violence and sexual offences - 11
Anti-social behaviour - 10
Burglary - 4
Overall crimes - 44
Spennymoor/Ferryhill (Low Spennymoor)
Violence and sexual offences - 18
Anti-social behaviour - 10
Shoplifting - 5
Public order - 4
Overall crimes - 48
Spennymoor/Ferryhill (Middlestone Moor)
Violence and sexual offences - 15
Criminal damage and arson - 9
Anti-social behaviour - 3
Other theft - 2
Overall crimes - 32
Spennymoor/Ferryhill (Spennymoor)
Violence and sexual offences - 27
Criminal damage and arson - 8
Anti-social behaviour - 7
Shoplifting - 6
Overall crimes - 67
Spennymoor/Ferryhill (Tudhoe)
Violence and sexual offences - 11
Anti-social behaviour -8
Burglary - 4
Criminal damage and arson - 4
Overall crimes - 34
Stanley (Central Stanley)
Violence and sexual offences - 19
Anti-social behaviour - 18
Criminal damage and arson - 7
Other theft - 4
Overall crimes - 59
Stanley (North West Stanley)
Violence and sexual offences - 49
Anti-social behaviour - 39
Criminal damage and arson - 13
Burglary - 8
Overall crimes - 142
Stanley (South Stanley)
Violence and sexual offences - 61
Anti-social behaviour - 47
Criminal damage and arson - 15
Vehicle crime - 8
Overall crimes - 156
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