Newcastle Courant newsdesk
Crime in Spennymoor (Middlestone Moor): 56 offences recorded in September 2026
56 crimes were recorded in and around Spennymoor (Middlestone Moor) in September 2026, according to figures published by Durham Police.
The most common reports were:
Violent crime: 25 reports (45% of the total) Anti social behaviour: 9 reports (16% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 8 reports (14% of the total) Shoplifting: 6 reports (11% of the total) Other crime: 4 reports (7% of the total)
Figures cover crimes recorded within roughly a mile of the neighbourhood centre and are published about two months in arrears. Police record a crime at the nearest anonymised map point rather than an exact address, so street-level counts are approximate.
Source: data.police.uk, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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