Barnard Castle ward · County Durham. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
People aged 65 or over: 30.3% here, compared with 21.3% across County Durham (9 percentage points higher).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 17.5% here, compared with 21.8% across County Durham (4.3 percentage points lower).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 29.3% here, compared with 26.7% across County Durham (2.6 percentage points higher).
Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Barnard Castle ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
324 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 361 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Barnard Castle ward · 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: 29 mapped crimes in September 2024; 41 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Barnard Castle
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
29
9
October 2024
34
3
November 2024
45
7
December 2024
31
4
January 2025
38
5
February 2025
14
3
March 2025
31
4
April 2025
34
2
May 2025
23
10
June 2025
28
4
July 2025
32
9
August 2025
22
6
September 2025
27
5
October 2025
39
5
November 2025
22
4
December 2025
18
2
January 2026
23
5
February 2026
18
1
March 2026
20
9
April 2026
41
5
May 2026
36
4
June 2026
21
5
July 2026
18
3
August 2026
41
9
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Barnard Castle
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
145
criminal damage arson
40
public order
37
shoplifting
36
other theft
19
other crime
16
vehicle crime
11
drugs
8
burglary
7
robbery
2
bicycle theft
1
possession of weapons
1
theft from the person
1
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.
