Thornley & Wheatley Hill 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: 28.2% here, compared with 20.9% across County Durham (7.3 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.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 28.3% here, compared with 21.8% across County Durham (6.5 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 a degree or equivalent: 20.5% here, compared with 26.7% across County Durham (6.2 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.
Police-recorded locations for Thornley & Wheatley Hill ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
766 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 725 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Thornley & Wheatley Hill 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: 56 mapped crimes in September 2024; 68 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 · Thornley & Wheatley Hill
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
56
5
October 2024
50
12
November 2024
80
9
December 2024
54
6
January 2025
59
12
February 2025
47
12
March 2025
49
14
April 2025
53
7
May 2025
59
14
June 2025
63
15
July 2025
90
7
August 2025
65
16
September 2025
58
12
October 2025
55
14
November 2025
91
13
December 2025
60
8
January 2026
58
12
February 2026
51
5
March 2026
78
11
April 2026
52
15
May 2026
58
19
June 2026
52
3
July 2026
85
7
August 2026
68
8
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Thornley & Wheatley Hill
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
226
criminal damage arson
170
shoplifting
153
other theft
52
public order
43
burglary
40
vehicle crime
32
other crime
22
drugs
15
robbery
5
possession of weapons
5
theft from the person
3
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.
