Crime Statistics for Plawsworth, Kimblesworth, Durham, 2024

Crime statistics for Plawsworth, Kimblesworth

There were a total of 33 street level crime incidents in Plawsworth in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Shoplifting11
Violent Crime8
Anti Social Behaviour5
Public Order4
Criminal Damage Arson2
Other Theft1
Vehicle Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime33

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 Plawsworth. 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 Plawsworth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Pity Me (1.24 miles)79
Newton Hall (1.39 miles)77
Framwellgate Moor (1.86 miles)59
Nettlesworth (0.62 miles)50
Tan Hills (0.62 miles)50
Sacriston (1.24 miles)46
Plawsworth33
Chester Moor (1.24 miles)28
Great Lumley (2.24 miles)12
Edmondsley (2.24 miles)10

3.9%
of Sacriston residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Plawsworth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Pity Me36
Newton Hall36
Framwellgate Moor29
Nettlesworth23
Tan Hills23
Sacriston20
Chester Moor12
Plawsworth8
Edmondsley6
Great Lumley2

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

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 Plawsworth 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 Plawsworth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Plawsworth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Plawsworth is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Chester-le-Street West Central76
2Sacriston72
3Sherburn70
4Deerness55
5Elvet and Gilesgate54
6Esh and Witton Gilbert52
7Chester-le-Street East52
8Belmont48
9Chester-le-Street South31
10Neville's Cross27
11Framwellgate and Newton Hall18

Which road in Plawsworth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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