Crime Rate in Aycliffe East, ward

Aycliffe East has the 10th highest crime rate of 63 wards in County Durham district and the 544th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 50th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Aycliffe East in the last 12 months was 159.8 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% higher than the County Durham district average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Aycliffe East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 428 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -37.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 556 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Aycliffe East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 251 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (36 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.