Total Crime Rate

88.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.8 4/10
  • Public order 11.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.8 8/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Paddock area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bishop Auckland Town , and the 747th 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 The Paddock (DL14 7SH) in the last 12 months was 88.8 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Paddock (DL14 7SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Street, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherwood Court (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Paddock area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newton Grange Under investigation
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Data Sources

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