Crime Statistics for Newton Aycliffe, School Aycliffe, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 159 street level crime incidents in Newton Aycliffe 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 Newton Aycliffe, 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	46
Anti Social Behaviour	34
Shoplifting	23
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Vehicle Crime	11
Public Order	10
Other Theft	10
Burglary	8
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Other Crime	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	159

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 Newton Aycliffe. 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 Newton Aycliffe

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newton Aycliffe	159
Close House (3.1 miles)	145
Shildon (2.77 miles)	135
Old Eldon (2.63 miles)	106
Chilton (3.17 miles)	58
Rushyford (2.56 miles)	17
Aycliffe Village (1.39 miles)	11
Heighington (2.24 miles)	9
Redworth (1.96 miles)	9
Coatham Mundeville (2.56 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Newton Aycliffe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Close House	51
Shildon	47
Newton Aycliffe	46
Old Eldon	34
Chilton	24
Rushyford	8
Aycliffe Village	3
Heighington	3
Redworth	3
Coatham Mundeville	0

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

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 Newton Aycliffe 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 Newton Aycliffe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Newton Aycliffe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Newton Aycliffe is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Shildon and Dene Valley	88
2	North Road	85
3	Coundon	84
4	Aycliffe West	80
5	Harrowgate Hill	62
6	Chilton	62
7	Brinkburn & Faverdale	61
8	Aycliffe East	60
9	Whinfield	54
10	Sedgefield	47
11	Aycliffe North and Middridge	45

Which road in Newton Aycliffe has the highest level of crime?

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