Crime Statistics for Tow Law, Thornley, Durham, 2024

There were a total of 9 street level crime incidents in Tow Law 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 Tow Law, 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	2
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Public Order	2
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	9

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 Tow Law. 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 Tow Law

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Crook (3.62 miles)	128
Billy Row (3.16 miles)	85
Helmington Row (4.72 miles)	30
Waterhouses (4.72 miles)	23
Inkerman (0.62 miles)	14
Tow Law	9
Oakenshaw (5 miles)	4
Bedburn (4.39 miles)	4
Craigside (1.96 miles)	1
Fir Tree (3.1 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Tow Law?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Crook	41
Billy Row	28
Helmington Row	10
Waterhouses	6
Inkerman	5
Tow Law	2
Oakenshaw	1
Bedburn	0
Craigside	0
Fir Tree	0

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

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 Tow Law 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 Tow Law compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Tow Law and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Tow Law is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Woodhouse Close	85
2	Bishop Auckland Town	73
3	Willington and Hunwick	72
4	Tow Law	70
5	Consett South	68
6	Spennymoor	65
7	Evenwood	55
8	Crook	53
9	West Auckland	52
10	Delves Lane	52
11	Lanchester	26

Which road in Tow Law has the highest level of crime?

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