Crime Rates at Adelaide Street, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7BD

Adelaide Street area has the highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bishop Auckland Town , and the 5th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Adelaide Street (DL14 7BD) in the last 12 months was 1606.8 per 1,000 residents and was 706.2% higher than the Bishop Auckland Town average (199.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 140 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -27.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 134 (≈ 572.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adelaide Street (DL14 7BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 221 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.