Crime Statistics for Barnard Castle, Durham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Barnard Castle in September 2024. There were a total of 98 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Barnard Castle, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	40
Shoplifting	22
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Other Crime	4
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Theft	2
Burglary	2
Public Order	2
All Crime	98

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Barnard Castle. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Barnard Castle

We've taken the ten nearest places to Barnard Castle and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Barnard Castle has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnard Castle	92
Tees (1.1 miles)	34
Stainton (1.39 miles)	25
Staindrop (5 miles)	5
Eggleston (5.34 miles)	2
Butterknowle (6.39 miles)	1
Bowes (4.16 miles)	1
Dalton (6.2 miles)	0
Greta Bridge (2.63 miles)	0
Barningham (4.16 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Barnard Castle?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Barnard Castle and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Barnard Castle	40
Tees	14
Stainton	10
Staindrop	2
Eggleston	1
Butterknowle	0
Bowes	0
Dalton	0
Greta Bridge	0
Barningham	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Barnard Castle?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Barnard Castle to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Barnard Castle compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Barnard Castle and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Barnard Castle is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Shildon and Dene Valley	88
2	Woodhouse Close	85
3	Evenwood	55
4	West Auckland	52
5	Heighington & Coniscliffe	36
6	Barnard Castle West	21
7	Barnard Castle East	21
8	Richmond West	10
9	Melsonby	7
10	Lower Swaledale & Arkengarthdale	1
11	Richmond North	0

Which road in Barnard Castle has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Barnard Castle with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Bede Kirk.