Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0Fishburn records vehicle crime at 3.5 times the rate of a typical town its size
Violent crime here is higher than in 74% of UK towns; burglary, vehicle crime and damage, higher than in 87%. In sum, crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put Fishburn at C−: more crime per resident than 79% of UK towns. Violence recorded locally climbed 15% in a year. Police counts work out at 33.1 violent and sexual offences and 17.2 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Fishburn
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 15% more violent crime per resident in Fishburn than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Fishburn has the 488th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Hall Green, Broughton and Park Street and Frogmore, higher than Loddon, Silloth and Goodwick. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: C− for Fishburn
A fairly firm grade. Built on 360 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Fishburn against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Fishburn runs highest on vehicle crime (5.4 per 1,000 against 1.5), anti-social behaviour (16.8 per 1,000 against 5.3) and criminal damage & arson (7.5 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 84 | 35.2 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 40 | 16.8 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 18 | 7.5 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 13 | 5.4 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| Public order | not graded | 10 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 3.4 | 1.1 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 7 | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 5 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Of 550 towns its size, Fishburn is 488th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Urpeth County Durham | 2,048 | 7 | 7.5 | 1.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 195 | Burnopfield County Durham | 2,998 | 15.8 | 8.5 | 10.5 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 203 | Witton Gilbert County Durham | 2,525 | 18.4 | 6.3 | 9.6 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 212 | Hurworth-on-Tees County Durham | 2,667 | 19.1 | 6 | 2.5 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 485 | Loddon Norfolk | 2,247 | 38.6 | 10.5 | 9.2 | C− |
| 486 | Silloth Cumbria | 2,542 | 40.5 | 9.4 | 6 | C− |
| 487 | Goodwick Dyfed | 2,017 | 37.9 | 12.1 | 4.8 | C− |
| 488 | Fishburn County Durham | 2,387 | 33.1 | 17.2 | 11.7 | C− |
| 489 | Bettws Mid Glamorgan | 2,237 | 44 | 6.4 | 3.9 | C− |
| 490 | Llanfoist Gwent | 2,007 | 36.2 | 14.3 | 31.9 | C− |
| 491 | Craven Arms Shropshire | 2,563 | 42.4 | 8.3 | 9.6 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Fishburn, and others in County Durham.
How crime in Fishburn has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +15% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -5% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour +43% (towns its size -1%).
Crime in Fishburn per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 16 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 73% of Fishburn’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 9% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (69% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 12% of violent and 4% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 123 crimes.
No one died in a collision on Fishburn’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 10 collisions with injuries inside Fishburn in five years. 7 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Fishburn is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Fishburn’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Fishburn had 7.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Fishburn’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Fishburn
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishburn | 2,387 | 33.1 | 17.2 | C− |
| Trimdon | 2,835 | 26.3 | 21.3 | C− |
| Sedgefield | 4,979 | 19.6 | 11.3 | B− |
| Trimdon Grange | 1,233 | 36 | 32.4 | D |
| Bishop Middleham | 1,136 | 15.9 | 7.6 | B+ |
| Trimdon Colliery | 1,788 | 49.8 | 34.1 | D− |
| Kelloe | 1,434 | 35.6 | 23.5 | D |
| Cornforth | 2,424 | 44 | 20.8 | D |
Fishburn records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Trimdon, 1.1 miles away, records 26.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Fishburn’s 33.1.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Fishburn sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Fishburn
Is Fishburn safe?
Police recorded 33.1 violent and sexual offences and 17.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Fishburn’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 21% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Fishburn is 488th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Fishburn?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 15%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft rose 125% and anti-social behaviour rose 43%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Fishburn?
Violence & sexual offences: 84 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (18) and vehicle crime (13), with 40 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Fishburn compare with Spennymoor?
Spennymoor records 49.7 violent and sexual offences and 27.6 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Fishburn’s 33.1 and 17.2, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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