Total Crime Rate

100.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

60.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 100.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 60.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Public order 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Howlish area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bishop Auckland Town , and the 660th 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 Howlish (DL14 8ED) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% lower than the Bishop Auckland Town average (203.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howlish (DL14 8ED), the main crime hotspot is near Howlish Lane. Police recorded 5 crimes here, including 2 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Howlish area

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Data Sources

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