Crime Statistics for Pittington, Sherburn, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 28 street level crime incidents in Pittington in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Pittington, 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	11
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	4
Burglary	4
Other Theft	2
Anti Social Behaviour	1
All Crime	28

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 Pittington. 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 Pittington

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Moor End (1.39 miles)	145
Belmont (1.39 miles)	145
Carrville (1.39 miles)	145
Sherburn (1.39 miles)	37
Pittington	28
Hallgarth (0.88 miles)	16
Sherburn Hill (1.39 miles)	15
Rainton Gate (1.24 miles)	11
Littletown (1.39 miles)	7
High Moorsley (0.88 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Pittington?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Moor End	39
Belmont	39
Carrville	39
Sherburn	13
Pittington	11
Hallgarth	7
Rainton Gate	7
Sherburn Hill	6
Littletown	1
High Moorsley	1

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

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 Pittington 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 Pittington compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Pittington and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Pittington is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Trimdon and Thornley	86
2	Shotton and South Hetton	84
3	Hetton	71
4	Sherburn	70
5	Houghton	67
6	Copt Hill	67
7	Elvet and Gilesgate	54
8	Belmont	48
9	Neville's Cross	27
10	Durham South	18
11	Framwellgate and Newton Hall	18

Which road in Pittington has the highest level of crime?

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