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Crime · Peterlee
Reported crime in Peterlee
2,976 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 146 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
2,976
Rate / 1,000
146
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,111 | 37% |
| Anti social behaviour | 524 | 18% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 364 | 12% |
| Shoplifting | 315 | 11% |
| Public order | 190 | 6% |
| Other theft | 127 | 4% |
| Other crime | 126 | 4% |
| Burglary | 55 | 2% |
| Drugs | 55 | 2% |
| Vehicle crime | 48 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 28 | 1% |
| Robbery | 24 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 4 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 106 | 105 | 95 | 115 | 73 | 69 | 99 | 74 | 101 | 94 | 89 | 91 | 1111 |
| Anti social behaviour | 56 | 31 | 54 | 51 | 56 | 35 | 42 | 40 | 29 | 32 | 48 | 50 | 524 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 31 | 31 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 36 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 364 |
| Shoplifting | 29 | 20 | 13 | 42 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 315 |
| Public order | 18 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 190 |
| Other theft | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 127 |
| Other crime | 11 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 126 |
| Burglary | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 55 |
| Drugs | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 55 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 48 | ||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 28 | ||
| Robbery | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | 281 | 247 | 248 | 271 | 247 | 202 | 234 | 224 | 256 | 266 | 249 | 251 | 2976 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Peterlee, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 20,331.