Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bishop Middleham and Cornforth , and the 661st highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Lane (DL17 9LB) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% higher than the Bishop Middleham and Cornforth average (83.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Lane (DL17 9LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barratt Way, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reading Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barratt Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hollyhurst Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barratt Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barratt Way —
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Data Sources

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