Crime Rate in Bishop Middleham and Cornforth, ward

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 63 wards in County Durham district and the 2528th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 150th lowest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bishop Middleham and Cornforth in the last 12 months was 83.1 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% lower than the County Durham district average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bishop Middleham and Cornforth’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 132 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bishop Middleham and Cornforth ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Birch Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.