Crime Statistics for Etherley Dene, High Etherley, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 139 street level crime incidents in Etherley Dene 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 Etherley Dene, 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	37
Anti Social Behaviour	28
Shoplifting	21
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Vehicle Crime	10
Other Crime	7
Public Order	5
Burglary	5
Other Theft	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Drugs	2
All Crime	139

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 Etherley Dene. 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 Etherley Dene

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bishop Auckland (0.62 miles)	214
South Church (1.24 miles)	213
Etherley Dene	139
Tindale Crescent (0.62 miles)	139
New Coundon (2.24 miles)	106
Gaunless (1.24 miles)	87
Toronto (1.24 miles)	30
Escomb (1.39 miles)	16
Wear (1.99 miles)	8
High Etherley (1.86 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Etherley Dene?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Church	63
Bishop Auckland	60
Tindale Crescent	42
Etherley Dene	37
New Coundon	29
Gaunless	29
Toronto	6
Escomb	4
Wear	4
High Etherley	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Etherley Dene?

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 Etherley Dene 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 Etherley Dene compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Etherley Dene and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Etherley Dene 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 Etherley Dene has the highest level of crime?

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