Crime Statistics for Benfieldside, Consett, Durham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Benfieldside in October 2024. There were a total of 53 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Benfieldside, 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	23
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Public Order	5
Drugs	2
Burglary	2
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	1
Other Theft	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	53

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Benfieldside. 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 Benfieldside

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Crookhall (1.75 miles)	203
Consett (0.62 miles)	180
Leadgate (1.96 miles)	144
Blackhill (0.62 miles)	115
Bridgehill (0.62 miles)	115
Benfieldside	53
Shotley Bridge (0.62 miles)	16
The Dene (1.75 miles)	16
Allensford (1.75 miles)	15
Broom Hill (1.39 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Benfieldside?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Consett	69
Crookhall	61
Leadgate	45
Blackhill	37
Bridgehill	37
Benfieldside	23
Shotley Bridge	6
The Dene	4
Broom Hill	4
Allensford	3

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

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 Benfieldside 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 Benfieldside compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Benfieldside and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Benfieldside is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Annfield Plain	71
2	Consett South	68
3	Chopwell and Rowlands Gill	56
4	Consett North	54
5	Leadgate and Medomsley	53
6	Delves Lane	52
7	Winlaton and High Spen	48
8	Weardale	44
9	Benfieldside	39
10	Burnopfield and Dipton	27
11	South Tynedale	21

Which road in Benfieldside has the highest level of crime?

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