Neville's Cross, County Durham: Safety
Safety
Neville's Cross is a genuinely safe neighbourhood. You'll find around 40 crimes recorded per month here in 2024 and 2025 — well below the UK average of roughly 58 and the North East average too.
It's noticeably quieter than the surrounding areas. Neighbouring neighbourhoods recorded between 86 and 302 crimes per month in 2024, so Neville's Cross stands out as a safer place to live.
The picture's getting better. Total crimes dropped from 501 in 2024 to 477 in 2025, and early 2026 figures suggest this downward trend is continuing.
Anti-social behaviour and violent crime are the most common crime types here, but both are well below what you'd expect for a neighbourhood this size when you compare it to regional and national figures.
Source: police-recorded crime for Neville's Cross ward (Durham Constabulary, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. Neville's Cross ward: Durham Constabulary data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
Neville's Cross ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
39.9
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
North East region average
126
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Bowburn & Coxhoe
91.2
Lower than
Brandon
99.4
Lower than
Deerness
107.3
Lower than
Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe
206
Lower than
Framwellgate & Newton Hall
94.6
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in Neville's Cross ward and the North East region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences28%33%
- Anti-social behaviour19%18%
- Burglary12%4%
- Shoplifting10%10%
- Criminal damage and arson7%10%
- Public order7%7%
- Other theft6%5%
- Bicycle theft4%1%
- Other crime3%3%
- Drugs2%3%
- Vehicle crime1%4%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
- Theft from the person<1%<1%
- Robbery<1%1%
