Durham (Newton Hall) Neighbourhood Policing Team — Durham Constabulary

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Recorded crime — June 2026

138 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.

Compared with May 2026 (143): ▼ 5 (3%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.

Violence and sexual offences39 · 28%
Anti-social behaviour27 · 20%
Shoplifting20 · 14%
Criminal damage and arson12 · 9%
Public order11 · 8%
Other theft10 · 7%
Burglary6 · 4%
Drugs5 · 4%

Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.

What happened to reported crimes — June 2026

137 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.

Unable to prosecute suspect70 · 51%
Awaiting court outcome29 · 21%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified28 · 20%
Action to be taken by another organisation4 · 3%
Further investigation is not in the public interest4 · 3%
Local resolution2 · 1%

Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.

Current priorities

Pact priorities - - Reduce crime - including retail crime - School parking - Speeding vehicles - Antisocial use of vehicles at Arnison Centre and Pity Me area - Intentional fire setting

Shoplifting - High visibility patrols have been conducted around our shops.Further patrols are to be over the coming weeks. Shop Watch meetings continue to take place in order to share intelligence gathered and identify offenders. Off road bikes and ASB – ASB is being tackled with the extra patrols by officers and PCSO’s to show a presence in the area. Shopwatch security all have radios to quickly link in with one another as well as police. We continue to organise planned OP Endurance days in which we designate resources to tackling the issue along side our road traffic and bike section officers. Several electric off road bikes have been seized recently with the assistance of our own motorbike section School parking issues – In Framwellgate Moor we have a large number of all different types of schools which at picking up and dropping off times has caused issues in the local area. Extra patrol at key times by officers and PCSO’s to speak and engage with all parties to move them on and prevent any more parking issues. Speeding – Regular speed watch checks carried out in key areas where speeding is an issue. We are guided by our local knowledge but also by members of the public who report speeding to us as an issue and hold speedwatch campaigns in that area. Speedwatch's have been completed on Abbey Road recently, during the first speedwatch 118 vehicles passed us with 3 speeding. During the second Speedwatch 212 vehicles passed us with 7 speeding. All drivers driving above the speed limit with be dealt with appropriately. Multi agency patrols have been conducted alongside Durham County Council and Fire Service. 6 youths were identified as being involved in recent arson incidents. 1 youth has been referred to youth offending whilst the others will be carrying out a restorative project alongside Police and Countryside Rangers. Further updates to be given at the next PACT meeting

Set: 2026-05-07