Total Crime Rate
306.8 per 1,000
All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Violent Crime Rate
177.0 per 1,000
Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Brockwell Court area has the 9th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bishop Auckland Town , and the 120th 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 Brockwell Court (DL14 8XH) in the last 12 months was 306.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.8% higher 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -19.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 177.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brockwell Court (DL14 8XH), the main crime hotspot is near Heslop Street. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bishop Auckland Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Jackson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Other crime | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Burglary | Gibson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Heslop Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Burglary | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Close House | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Close House | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Close House | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Shoplifting | John Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jackson Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | John Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | John Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Jackson Street | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wesley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wesley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Under investigation |
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