Crime Statistics for Aykley Heads, Durham, 2024

Crime statistics for Aykley Heads, Aykley Heads

There were a total of 191 street level crime incidents in Aykley Heads in January 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 Aykley Heads, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime73
Anti Social Behaviour43
Shoplifting26
Public Order14
Other Theft12
Criminal Damage Arson9
Burglary4
Drugs4
Theft From The Person3
Bicycle Theft2
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime191

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Aykley Heads. 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 Aykley Heads

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Gilesgate (1.24 miles)293
Durham (0.88 miles)230
Aykley Heads191
Pity Me (1.24 miles)100
Newton Hall (1.39 miles)87
Broompark (1.75 miles)71
Framwellgate Moor (0.62 miles)59
Bearpark (1.86 miles)58
Browney (0.94 miles)45
Neville’s Cross (1.39 miles)37

18.64%
of Neville's Cross residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Aykley Heads?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Gilesgate96
Durham81
Aykley Heads73
Pity Me39
Newton Hall33
Broompark33
Bearpark30
Framwellgate Moor29
Browney17
Neville’s Cross14

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

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 Aykley Heads 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 Aykley Heads compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Aykley Heads and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Aykley Heads is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Sacriston72
2Willington and Hunwick72
3Sherburn70
4Brandon62
5Deerness55
6Elvet and Gilesgate54
7Esh and Witton Gilbert52
8Belmont48
9Neville's Cross27
10Durham South18
11Framwellgate and Newton Hall18

Which road in Aykley Heads has the highest level of crime?

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

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