Crime Statistics for Shincliffe, High Shincliffe, Durham, 2024

Crime statistics for Shincliffe, High Shincliffe

There were a total of 4 street level crime incidents in Shincliffe in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Bicycle Theft, followed by Burglary.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Bicycle Theft2
Burglary1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime4

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 Shincliffe. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Shincliffe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Gilesgate (1.96 miles)321
Durham (1.75 miles)247
Gilesgate Moor (1.24 miles)185
Moor End (1.96 miles)145
Belmont (1.96 miles)145
Carrville (1.96 miles)145
Sherburn Grange (1.39 miles)90
Bowburn (1.39 miles)38
Sherburn (1.75 miles)37
Shincliffe4

7.56%
of Durham South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Shincliffe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Gilesgate98
Durham72
Gilesgate Moor50
Moor End39
Belmont39
Carrville39
Sherburn Grange28
Bowburn15
Sherburn13
Shincliffe0

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

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 Shincliffe 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 Shincliffe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Ferryhill79
2Brandon62
3Tudhoe59
4Deerness55
5Elvet and Gilesgate54
6Bishop Middleham and Cornforth51
7Belmont48
8Coxhoe47
9Neville's Cross27
10Durham South18
11Framwellgate and Newton Hall18

Which road in Shincliffe has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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