Shildon & Dene Valley 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 a degree or equivalent: 19.7% here, compared with 26.7% across County Durham (7 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: 27.3% here, compared with 21.8% across County Durham (5.5 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.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 26.3% here, compared with 20.9% across County Durham (5.3 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.
Police-recorded locations for Shildon & Dene Valley ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
2,298 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 2,140 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Shildon & Dene Valley 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: 196 mapped crimes in September 2024; 215 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 · Shildon & Dene Valley
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
196
20
October 2024
152
35
November 2024
176
37
December 2024
209
27
January 2025
148
33
February 2025
133
19
March 2025
161
44
April 2025
172
42
May 2025
201
60
June 2025
183
59
July 2025
202
66
August 2025
207
70
September 2025
195
62
October 2025
205
46
November 2025
188
39
December 2025
186
26
January 2026
170
24
February 2026
133
28
March 2026
196
28
April 2026
177
52
May 2026
223
55
June 2026
181
48
July 2026
229
67
August 2026
215
35
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Shildon & Dene Valley
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
995
criminal damage arson
456
other theft
168
public order
156
burglary
141
shoplifting
121
vehicle crime
92
other crime
88
drugs
41
possession of weapons
19
robbery
10
bicycle theft
6
theft from the person
5
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.
