Total Crime Rate

348.2 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 348.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 121.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 20.2 7/10
  • Public order 16.2 9/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Laburnum Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bishop Auckland Town , and the 90th 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 Laburnum Road (DL14 6EU) in the last 12 months was 348.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.8% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 228.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 137.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laburnum Road (DL14 6EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hawthorn Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Laburnum Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mccullagh Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ashcroft Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ashcroft Gardens Awaiting court outcome
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 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackett Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St Andrew'S Place Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Andrew'S Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fleet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodlands Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashcroft Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Linden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastlea Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaklea Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Laurel Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oaklea Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Albion Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Laurel Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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