Newcastle Courant newsdesk
Crime in Consett: 42 offences recorded in July 2026
42 crimes were recorded in and around Consett in July 2026, according to figures published by Durham Police. That is up by 9 on the 33 recorded the month before.
The most common reports were:
Violent crime: 17 reports (40% of the total) Anti social behaviour: 11 reports (26% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 5 reports (12% of the total) Other theft: 3 reports (7% of the total) Burglary: 1 reports (2% 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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