Crime Statistics for Pity Me, Durham, 2024

Crime statistics for Pity Me, Pity Me

There were a total of 79 street level crime incidents in Pity Me in January 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 Pity Me, 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 Crime36
Shoplifting14
Anti Social Behaviour11
Public Order5
Criminal Damage Arson4
Other Theft2
Theft From The Person2
Burglary2
Other Crime2
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime79

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 Pity Me. 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 Pity Me

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Gilesgate (1.75 miles)293
Aykley Heads (1.24 miles)191
Pity Me79
Newton Hall (0.62 miles)77
Framwellgate Moor (0.62 miles)59
Nettlesworth (1.39 miles)50
Tan Hills (1.39 miles)50
Sacriston (1.75 miles)46
Browney (1.65 miles)45
Plawsworth (1.24 miles)33

9.54%
of Framwellgate and Newton Hall residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Pity Me?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Gilesgate96
Aykley Heads73
Pity Me36
Newton Hall36
Framwellgate Moor29
Nettlesworth23
Tan Hills23
Sacriston20
Browney17
Plawsworth8

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

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 Pity Me 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 Pity Me compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Sacriston72
2Sherburn70
3Brandon62
4Deerness55
5Elvet and Gilesgate54
6Esh and Witton Gilbert52
7Belmont48
8Chester-le-Street South31
9Neville's Cross27
10Durham South18
11Framwellgate and Newton Hall18

Which road in Pity Me has the highest level of crime?

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

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