Newcastle Courant newsdesk
Crime in Spennymoor (Broom Ward): 158 offences recorded in September 2026
158 crimes were recorded in and around Spennymoor (Broom Ward) in September 2026, according to figures published by Durham Police. That is up by 11 on the 147 recorded the month before.
The most common reports were:
Violent crime: 61 reports (39% of the total) Shoplifting: 32 reports (20% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 18 reports (11% of the total) Anti social behaviour: 12 reports (8% of the total) Public order: 11 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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