Total Crime Rate

99.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 99.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.2 4/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cockton Hill Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bishop Auckland Town , and the 655th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cockton Hill Road (DL14 6AH) in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.3% lower than the Bishop Auckland Town average (208.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (β‰ˆ 20.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cockton Hill Road (DL14 6AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bell Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cockton Hill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tivoli Place β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaklea Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaklea Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tivoli Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashcroft Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brewer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Albion Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fleet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Linden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Auckland Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockton Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockton Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cockton Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Frances Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Arthur Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Auckland Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ashcroft Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Bishop Auckland Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alderson Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Westfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ashcroft Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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