Total Crime Rate
348.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Laburnum 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.
View Crime In Bishop Auckland Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mccullagh Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ashcroft Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ashcroft Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackett Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Andrew'S Place | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Andrew'S Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fleet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodlands Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashcroft Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Linden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastlea Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaklea Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Laurel Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oaklea Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Albion Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Laurel Way | Under investigation |
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