Crime Statistics for Castleside, Rowley, Durham, 2024

Crime statistics for Castleside, Rowley

There were a total of 14 street level crime incidents in Castleside in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Castleside, 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 Crime9
Public Order2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime14

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 Castleside. 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 Castleside

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blackhill (1.96 miles)73
Consett (1.96 miles)73
Bridgehill (1.96 miles)73
Templetown (1.39 miles)32
Moorside (0.62 miles)22
Castleside14
Allensford (1.39 miles)12
Horsleyhope (1.96 miles)0
Healeyfield (1.24 miles)0
Knitsley (1.86 miles)0

3.24%
of South Tynedale residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Castleside?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blackhill35
Consett35
Bridgehill35
Templetown11
Castleside9
Moorside8
Allensford4
Horsleyhope0
Healeyfield0
Knitsley0

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

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 Castleside 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 Castleside compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Annfield Plain71
2Tow Law70
3Consett South68
4Consett North54
5Leadgate and Medomsley53
6Delves Lane52
7Weardale44
8Benfieldside39
9Burnopfield and Dipton27
10Lanchester26
11South Tynedale21

Which road in Castleside has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Castleside 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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