Crime Statistics for Etherley Dene, High Etherley, Durham, 2024

Crime statistics for Etherley Dene, High Etherley

There were a total of 141 street level crime incidents in Etherley Dene in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour36
Violent Crime34
Shoplifting20
Public Order12
Criminal Damage Arson11
Vehicle Crime10
Other Theft8
Burglary4
Other Crime3
Drugs2
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime141

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 Etherley Dene. 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 Etherley Dene

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

LocationCrime Incidents
South Church (1.24 miles)205
Bishop Auckland (0.62 miles)201
Tindale Crescent (0.62 miles)160
Etherley Dene141
New Coundon (2.24 miles)131
Gaunless (1.24 miles)97
Toronto (1.24 miles)31
Escomb (1.39 miles)12
High Etherley (1.86 miles)11
Wear (1.99 miles)3

3.67%
of Woodhouse Close residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Etherley Dene?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
South Church59
Bishop Auckland53
New Coundon43
Etherley Dene34
Tindale Crescent31
Gaunless14
Toronto12
Escomb5
Wear2
High Etherley1

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

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 Etherley Dene 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 Etherley Dene compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Shildon and Dene Valley88
2Woodhouse Close85
3Coundon84
4Aycliffe West80
5Bishop Auckland Town73
6Spennymoor65
7Chilton62
8Evenwood55
9Crook53
10West Auckland52
11Aycliffe North and Middridge45

Which road in Etherley Dene has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Etherley Dene with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around St Andrew's Road.

Last updated: January 2024
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