Total Crime Rate

266.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 266.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 78.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.2 10/10
  • Other crime 17.5 10/10
  • Burglary 13.1 9/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thinford Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bishop Middleham and Cornforth , and the 159th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thinford Road (DH6 4EU) in the last 12 months was 266.4 per 1,000 residents and was 220.7% higher than the Bishop Middleham and Cornforth average (83.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 113.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Thinford Road area

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