Total Crime Rate

192.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 192.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Beech Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bishop Auckland Town , and the 269th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beech Road (DL14 6ER) in the last 12 months was 192.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% 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 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 Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 98.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Road (DL14 6ER), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 187 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beech Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/55)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brewer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ashcroft Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Albion Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Linden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ashcroft Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashcroft Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fleet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcintyre Terrace Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alderson Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockton Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Andrew'S Place Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Andrew'S Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackett Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockton Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cockton Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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