Crime Statistics for Newton Hall, Durham, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 89 street level crime incidents in Newton Hall in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Newton Hall, 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	24
Shoplifting	13
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Burglary	7
Public Order	5
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Crime	3
Other Theft	3
Drugs	3
Bicycle Theft	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	89

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 Hall. 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 Hall

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Gilesgate (1.39 miles)	321
Durham (1.86 miles)	247
Aykley Heads (1.39 miles)	194
Newton Hall	89
Pity Me (0.62 miles)	82
Framwellgate Moor (0.88 miles)	80
Nettlesworth (1.75 miles)	60
Tan Hills (1.75 miles)	50
Plawsworth (1.39 miles)	38
Browney (2.07 miles)	28

Where are the most violent places near Newton Hall?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Gilesgate	98
Durham	72
Aykley Heads	52
Framwellgate Moor	26
Newton Hall	24
Pity Me	24
Tan Hills	23
Nettlesworth	16
Browney	10
Plawsworth	7

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

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 Hall 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 Hall compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Sacriston	72
2	Sherburn	70
3	Brandon	62
4	Deerness	55
5	Elvet and Gilesgate	54
6	Esh and Witton Gilbert	52
7	Belmont	48
8	Chester-le-Street South	31
9	Neville's Cross	27
10	Durham South	18
11	Framwellgate and Newton Hall	18

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

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