Total Crime Rate

315.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 315.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 155.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.7 10/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Other crime 16.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.0 10/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Clarence area has the 8th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bishop Auckland Town , and the 115th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 The Clarence (DL14 7QY) in the last 12 months was 315.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 187.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Clarence (DL14 7QY), the main crime hotspot is near Prince'S Street. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Clarence area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bishop Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Prince'S Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bishop Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Edge Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newton Cap Bank —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibbon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hexham Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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