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Crime · Butterknowle
Reported crime in the parish of Lynesack and Softley
132 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 63 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Lynesack and Softley, which includes Butterknowle. There are no separate figures for Butterknowle. What each figure covers
Total incidents
132
Rate / 1,000
63
Categories
10
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 41 | 31% |
| Anti social behaviour | 21 | 16% |
| Vehicle crime | 18 | 14% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 | 13% |
| Burglary | 15 | 11% |
| Other theft | 11 | 8% |
| Public order | 4 | 3% |
| Other crime | 2 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 2% |
| Drugs | 1 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 41 |
| Anti social behaviour | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 21 | |||
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Burglary | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |||||
| Other theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Public order | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Other crime | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Drugs | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 9 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 132 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Butterknowle, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 2,108.