Bishop Auckland 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 16+ with no qualifications: 25.2% here, compared with 20.9% across County Durham (4.2 percentage points higher).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
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: 22.9% here, compared with 26.7% across County Durham (3.8 percentage points lower).
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.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 24.8% here, compared with 21.8% across County Durham (3 percentage points higher).
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.
Police-recorded locations for Bishop Auckland ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
2,564 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 2,305 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Bishop Auckland 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: 211 mapped crimes in September 2024; 250 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 · Bishop Auckland
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
211
80
October 2024
232
68
November 2024
191
43
December 2024
170
45
January 2025
152
55
February 2025
179
34
March 2025
207
67
April 2025
194
72
May 2025
197
57
June 2025
177
63
July 2025
194
34
August 2025
201
66
September 2025
194
47
October 2025
208
39
November 2025
177
30
December 2025
181
43
January 2026
227
68
February 2026
178
45
March 2026
218
52
April 2026
206
72
May 2026
215
69
June 2026
264
65
July 2026
246
83
August 2026
250
45
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Bishop Auckland
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
1,027
criminal damage arson
392
shoplifting
354
public order
212
burglary
125
vehicle crime
111
other theft
110
other crime
92
drugs
65
possession of weapons
29
theft from the person
22
robbery
19
bicycle theft
6
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.
