Newcastle Courant newsdesk
Crime in Spennymoor (Ferryhill Town/Dean Bank): 167 offences recorded in July 2026
167 crimes were recorded in and around Spennymoor (Ferryhill Town/Dean Bank) in July 2026, according to figures published by Durham Police. That is up by 7 on the 160 recorded the month before.
The most common reports were:
Violent crime: 56 reports (34% of the total) Vehicle crime: 23 reports (14% of the total) Anti social behaviour: 20 reports (12% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 15 reports (9% of the total) Shoplifting: 14 reports (8% 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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