Crime Statistics for Chester Moor, Chester-le-Street, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 39 street level crime incidents in Chester Moor 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 Chester Moor, 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	13
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Public Order	2
Burglary	2
Drugs	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	39

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 Chester Moor. 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 Chester Moor

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Pelaw (1.86 miles)	189
Chester-Le-Street (1.39 miles)	184
Pelton Fell (1.39 miles)	71
Nettlesworth (1.39 miles)	60
Tan Hills (1.39 miles)	60
Chester Moor	39
Sacriston (1.75 miles)	38
Plawsworth (1.24 miles)	38
Edmondsley (1.86 miles)	29
Great Lumley (1.86 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Chester Moor?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Chester-Le-Street	68
South Pelaw	61
Pelton Fell	33
Nettlesworth	16
Tan Hills	16
Edmondsley	15
Chester Moor	13
Sacriston	11
Plawsworth	7
Great Lumley	3

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

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 Chester Moor 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 Chester Moor compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chester Moor and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chester Moor is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chester-le-Street West Central	76
2	Sacriston	72
3	Sherburn	70
4	Pelton	66
5	Esh and Witton Gilbert	52
6	Chester-le-Street East	52
7	Chester-le-Street North	50
8	Lumley	47
9	Chester-le-Street South	31
10	North Lodge	30
11	Framwellgate and Newton Hall	18

Which road in Chester Moor has the highest level of crime?

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