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Crime · Shotton
Reported crime in the parish of Peterlee
3,111 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 153 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Peterlee, which includes Shotton. There are no separate figures for Shotton. What each figure covers
Total incidents
3,111
Rate / 1,000
153
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,141 | 37% |
| Anti social behaviour | 535 | 17% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 419 | 13% |
| Shoplifting | 331 | 11% |
| Public order | 187 | 6% |
| Other theft | 136 | 4% |
| Other crime | 122 | 4% |
| Vehicle crime | 72 | 2% |
| Burglary | 61 | 2% |
| Drugs | 50 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 26 | 1% |
| Robbery | 21 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 6 | 0% |
| Bicycle theft | 4 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 95 | 115 | 73 | 69 | 99 | 74 | 101 | 94 | 89 | 91 | 133 | 108 | 1141 |
| Anti social behaviour | 54 | 51 | 56 | 35 | 42 | 40 | 29 | 32 | 48 | 50 | 36 | 62 | 535 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 32 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 36 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 44 | 73 | 419 |
| Shoplifting | 13 | 42 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 43 | 22 | 331 |
| Public order | 16 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 187 |
| Other theft | 9 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 136 |
| Other crime | 14 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 122 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 72 | |
| Burglary | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 61 |
| Drugs | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 50 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | ||
| Robbery | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Total | 248 | 271 | 247 | 202 | 234 | 224 | 256 | 266 | 249 | 251 | 319 | 344 | 3111 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Shotton, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 20,331.