Crime Statistics for Bishop Auckland, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 214 street level crime incidents in Bishop Auckland in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bishop Auckland, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	60
Anti Social Behaviour	44
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Shoplifting	21
Vehicle Crime	15
Public Order	11
Burglary	10
Other Crime	9
Other Theft	4
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	214

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bishop Auckland. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bishop Auckland

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bishop Auckland and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bishop Auckland has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Bishop Auckland	214
South Church (0.62 miles)	205
Tindale Crescent (0.88 miles)	160
Close House (1.96 miles)	145
Etherley Dene (0.62 miles)	139
New Coundon (1.75 miles)	131
Gaunless (1.42 miles)	87
Grange Hill (1.96 miles)	58
Toronto (1.39 miles)	31
Escomb (1.75 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Bishop Auckland?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bishop Auckland and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Bishop Auckland	60
South Church	59
Close House	51
New Coundon	43
Etherley Dene	37
Tindale Crescent	31
Gaunless	29
Grange Hill	25
Toronto	12
Escomb	4

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bishop Auckland?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bishop Auckland to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bishop Auckland compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bishop Auckland and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bishop Auckland is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Shildon and Dene Valley	88
2	Woodhouse Close	85
3	Coundon	84
4	Aycliffe West	80
5	Bishop Auckland Town	73
6	Spennymoor	65
7	Chilton	62
8	Evenwood	55
9	Crook	53
10	West Auckland	52
11	Aycliffe North and Middridge	45

Which road in Bishop Auckland has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bishop Auckland with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around St Andrew's Road.