Crime Statistics for Cockfield, Durham, 2024

Crime statistics for Cockfield, Cockfield

There were a total of 11 street level crime incidents in Cockfield in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Burglary, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Burglary4
Criminal Damage Arson3
Violent Crime2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Other Theft1
All Crime11

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 Cockfield. 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 Cockfield

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Evenwood (1.96 miles)16
Evenwood Gate (2.48 miles)14
Cockfield11
Toft Hill (3.1 miles)9
Esperley Lane Ends (0.62 miles)8
Staindrop (2.48 miles)7
Ramshaw (1.75 miles)3
Butterknowle (1.39 miles)2
Morley (1.86 miles)2
South Side (1.75 miles)1

2.1%
of Evenwood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cockfield?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Esperley Lane Ends5
Evenwood4
Evenwood Gate4
Staindrop3
Cockfield2
Butterknowle2
Toft Hill1
Ramshaw0
Morley0
South Side0

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

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 Cockfield 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 Cockfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cockfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cockfield is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Shildon and Dene Valley88
2Woodhouse Close85
3Coundon84
4Bishop Auckland Town73
5Spennymoor65
6Evenwood55
7Crook53
8West Auckland52
9Heighington & Coniscliffe36
10Barnard Castle West21
11Barnard Castle East21

Which road in Cockfield has the highest level of crime?

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

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