Crime Statistics for Blackgill Burn, Lanchester, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 18 street level crime incidents in Blackgill Burn in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackgill Burn, 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	8
Other Theft	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Other Crime	2
All Crime	18

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 Blackgill Burn. 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 Blackgill Burn

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Moor (2.83 miles)	76
New Kyo (2.69 miles)	68
Annfield Plain (2.69 miles)	68
Greencroft (2.69 miles)	55
Wall Nook (2.98 miles)	33
Blackgill Burn	18
Lanchester (0.36 miles)	18
Maiden Law (1.46 miles)	11
Esh (2.28 miles)	8
Burnhope (1.23 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Blackgill Burn?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
South Moor	31
New Kyo	27
Annfield Plain	27
Greencroft	18
Wall Nook	12
Blackgill Burn	8
Lanchester	8
Maiden Law	6
Esh	6
Burnhope	3

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

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 Blackgill Burn 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 Blackgill Burn compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackgill Burn and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Blackgill Burn have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Craghead and South Moor.

#	Ward	Score
1	Craghead and South Moor	79
2	Annfield Plain	71
3	Consett South	68
4	Stanley	65
5	Tanfield	55
6	Consett North	54
7	Esh and Witton Gilbert	52
8	Delves Lane	52
9	Benfieldside	39
10	Burnopfield and Dipton	27
11	Lanchester	26

Which road in Blackgill Burn has the highest level of crime?

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