Crime Statistics for Old Eldon, Eldon, Durham, 2024

Crime statistics for Old Eldon, Eldon

There were a total of 114 street level crime incidents in Old Eldon in January 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 Old Eldon, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime39
Anti Social Behaviour24
Criminal Damage Arson12
Shoplifting12
Burglary8
Other Theft6
Public Order6
Other Crime3
Drugs2
Vehicle Crime1
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime114

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 Old Eldon. 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 Old Eldon

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

LocationCrime Incidents
South Church (1.96 miles)205
Bishop Auckland (2.56 miles)201
Close House (0.62 miles)155
Shildon (0.88 miles)143
New Coundon (2.24 miles)131
Old Eldon114
Grange Hill (1.39 miles)79
Leasingthorne (1.39 miles)41
Rushyford (2.55 miles)17
Redworth (2.48 miles)1

3.27%
of Shildon and Dene Valley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Old Eldon?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
South Church59
Bishop Auckland53
Close House52
Shildon50
New Coundon43
Old Eldon39
Grange Hill21
Rushyford10
Leasingthorne7
Redworth1

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

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 Old Eldon 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 Old Eldon compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Old Eldon and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Old Eldon have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Aycliffe North and Middridge.

#WardScore
1Shildon and Dene Valley88
2Woodhouse Close85
3Coundon84
4Aycliffe West80
5Bishop Auckland Town73
6Spennymoor65
7Chilton62
8Aycliffe East60
9West Auckland52
10Sedgefield47
11Aycliffe North and Middridge45

Which road in Old Eldon has the highest level of crime?

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

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