Newcastle Courant newsdesk
Crime in Newton Aycliffe (Aycliffe West): 274 offences recorded in July 2026
274 crimes were recorded in and around Newton Aycliffe (Aycliffe West) in July 2026, according to figures published by Durham Police. That is up by 34 on the 240 recorded the month before.
The most common reports were:
Violent crime: 104 reports (38% of the total) Anti social behaviour: 71 reports (26% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 26 reports (9% of the total) Public order: 18 reports (7% of the total) Shoplifting: 14 reports (5% 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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