Crime in DH8 8TP
How much crime is recorded in DH8 8TP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bridgehill, Castleside & Harehope Hill
- Council
- County Durham
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,609 (2024)
DH8 8TPConsett
How safe is DH8 8TP
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 33.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DH8 8TP area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 25% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.