Crime Statistics for Benfieldside, Consett, Durham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Benfieldside in September 2024. There were a total of 35 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime17
Anti Social Behaviour7
Criminal Damage Arson4
Vehicle Crime2
Public Order2
Drugs1
Other Theft1
Burglary1
All Crime35

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 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Leadgate (1.96 miles)155
Crookhall (1.75 miles)146
Blackhill (0.62 miles)76
Consett (0.62 miles)76
Bridgehill (0.62 miles)76
Benfieldside35
The Dene (1.75 miles)30
Allensford (1.75 miles)22
Broom Hill (1.39 miles)16
Shotley Bridge (0.62 miles)7

3.66%
of Benfieldside residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Leadgate48
Crookhall41
Bridgehill25
Blackhill22
Consett22
Broom Hill19
Benfieldside17
The Dene16
Shotley Bridge5
Allensford4

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.

#WardScore
1Annfield Plain71
2Consett South68
3Chopwell and Rowlands Gill56
4Consett North54
5Leadgate and Medomsley53
6Delves Lane52
7Winlaton and High Spen48
8Weardale44
9Benfieldside39
10Burnopfield and Dipton27
11South Tynedale21

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.

Last updated: September 2024
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