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Crime · Durham
Reported crime in the parish of City of Durham
4,029 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 153 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of City of Durham, which includes Durham. There are no separate figures for Durham. What each figure covers
Total incidents
4,029
Rate / 1,000
153
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,247 | 31% |
| Anti social behaviour | 794 | 20% |
| Shoplifting | 607 | 15% |
| Public order | 380 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 255 | 6% |
| Other theft | 216 | 5% |
| Burglary | 143 | 4% |
| Other crime | 98 | 2% |
| Drugs | 89 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 73 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 38 | 1% |
| Robbery | 32 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 32 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 25 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 112 | 99 | 88 | 113 | 122 | 113 | 103 | 111 | 110 | 98 | 102 | 76 | 1247 |
| Anti social behaviour | 70 | 74 | 57 | 118 | 53 | 60 | 47 | 75 | 77 | 59 | 53 | 51 | 794 |
| Shoplifting | 43 | 65 | 64 | 52 | 48 | 43 | 47 | 40 | 36 | 58 | 53 | 58 | 607 |
| Public order | 36 | 39 | 26 | 46 | 19 | 39 | 20 | 26 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 380 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 17 | 15 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 255 |
| Other theft | 17 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 216 |
| Burglary | 11 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 143 |
| Other crime | 6 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 98 |
| Drugs | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 89 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 73 |
| Possession of weapons | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 38 | ||
| Robbery | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 | |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 32 | |||
| Theft from the person | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 | |||
| Total | 335 | 353 | 335 | 417 | 326 | 334 | 283 | 348 | 347 | 345 | 315 | 291 | 4029 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Durham, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 26,292.