County Durham council area. Every figure carries its own date.
County Durham
Police-recorded locations for County Durham local authority area. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
52,858 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 48,275 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
County Durham local authority area · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 4,183 mapped crimes in September 2024; 4,879 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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September 2024August 2026
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · County Durham
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
4,183
830
October 2024
4,260
1,010
November 2024
4,016
817
December 2024
3,899
651
January 2025
3,710
735
February 2025
3,557
710
March 2025
3,988
960
April 2025
3,862
1,088
May 2025
4,035
1,122
June 2025
4,154
1,029
July 2025
4,463
1,200
August 2025
4,148
1,213
September 2025
4,010
982
October 2025
4,334
1,105
November 2025
4,204
763
December 2025
4,049
737
January 2026
3,872
729
February 2026
3,819
853
March 2026
4,576
1,027
April 2026
4,482
1,096
May 2026
4,811
1,280
June 2026
4,573
1,091
July 2026
5,249
1,236
August 2026
4,879
1,081
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · County Durham
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
22,088
criminal damage arson
7,905
shoplifting
6,745
public order
4,027
other theft
3,056
burglary
2,510
vehicle crime
2,173
other crime
2,084
drugs
1,137
possession of weapons
486
robbery
336
theft from the person
188
bicycle theft
123
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
