Crime Statistics for Shield Row, Stanley, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 200 street level crime incidents in Shield Row 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 Shield Row, 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	85
Anti Social Behaviour	34
Vehicle Crime	18
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Shoplifting	15
Public Order	13
Other Theft	8
Possession Of Weapons	3
Other Crime	2
Drugs	2
Burglary	2
All Crime	200

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 Shield Row. 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 Shield Row

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Shield Row	200
South Stanley (0.88 miles)	199
South Moor (1.75 miles)	94
Harperley (1.86 miles)	57
Beamish (1.24 miles)	43
High Handenhold (1.86 miles)	39
Tanfield Lea (1.39 miles)	31
High Forge (1.39 miles)	18
Tanfield (1.75 miles)	17
Causey (1.86 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Shield Row?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Stanley	91
Shield Row	85
South Moor	41
Harperley	25
Tanfield Lea	20
Beamish	13
Tanfield	9
High Forge	7
High Handenhold	6
Causey	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Shield Row?

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 Shield Row 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 Shield Row compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shield Row and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Shield Row is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Craghead and South Moor	79
2	Annfield Plain	71
3	Pelton	66
4	Stanley	65
5	Lamesley	64
6	Birtley	63
7	Tanfield	55
8	Chester-le-Street North	50
9	North Lodge	30
10	Burnopfield and Dipton	27
11	Lanchester	26

Which road in Shield Row has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Shield Row with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Engels Terrace.