Crime Statistics for Durham, , 2024

There were a total of 247 street level crime incidents in Durham in February 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 Durham, 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	72
Anti Social Behaviour	40
Shoplifting	39
Criminal Damage Arson	29
Public Order	14
Bicycle Theft	13
Other Theft	11
Vehicle Crime	11
Drugs	9
Burglary	3
Other Crime	3
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	247

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 Durham. 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 Durham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Gilesgate (0.88 miles)	321
Durham	247
Aykley Heads (0.88 miles)	194
Gilesgate Moor (1.24 miles)	185
Framwellgate Moor (1.39 miles)	80
Sherburn Grange (1.86 miles)	79
Langley Moor (1.75 miles)	69
Neville’s Cross (1.39 miles)	48
Browney (1.63 miles)	28
Shincliffe (1.75 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Durham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Gilesgate	98
Durham	72
Aykley Heads	52
Gilesgate Moor	50
Langley Moor	32
Sherburn Grange	31
Framwellgate Moor	26
Neville’s Cross	23
Browney	10
Shincliffe	1

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

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 Durham 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 Durham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Durham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Durham is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Willington and Hunwick	72
2	Sherburn	70
3	Brandon	62
4	Tudhoe	59
5	Deerness	55
6	Elvet and Gilesgate	54
7	Esh and Witton Gilbert	52
8	Belmont	48
9	Neville's Cross	27
10	Durham South	18
11	Framwellgate and Newton Hall	18

Which road in Durham has the highest level of crime?

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