Crime Rate in Crook, ward

Crook has the 26th highest crime rate of 63 wards in County Durham district and the 1354th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 126th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Crook in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% lower than the County Durham district average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Crook’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 459 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -59.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 576 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Crook ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 139 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.