Photo: Dun Holm · Public domainSherburn Hill goes ungraded: its recorded crime
Violence recorded locally climbed 45% in a year. In a usual year, 52.4 violent and sexual offences and 39.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are logged per 1,000 inhabitants. The crimes police recorded inside Sherburn Hill’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are below; Sherburn Hill has no Safety Grade. Below 1,000 residents, a handful of incidents moves the rate a long way, so Sherburn Hill, with fewer, has no Safety Grade.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Sherburn Hill
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 45% more violent crime per resident in Sherburn Hill than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
100% of Sherburn Hill’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 0% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
How crime in Sherburn Hill 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 +45% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +54% (towns its size +0%).
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Sherburn Hill runs highest on burglary (17.8 per 1,000 against 1.6), criminal damage & arson (28.3 per 1,000 against 3.2) and public order (16.8 per 1,000 against 2.4).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 67 | 70.2 | 16.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 27 | 28.3 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 17 | 17.8 | 1.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 16 | 16.8 | 2.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 13 | 13.6 | 5.3 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 10 | 10.5 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 8.4 | 1.1 |
| Other theft | not graded | 3 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 2 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 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.
Crime in Sherburn Hill 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 57 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Crime in the places around Sherburn Hill
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherburn Hill | 954 | 52.4 | 39.8 | — |
| Sherburn | 2,796 | 30.8 | 21.7 | C− |
| High Pittington | 1,147 | 16.6 | 14.5 | B− |
| Thornley | 2,543 | 30.9 | 27.4 | D |
| Haswell | 1,185 | 30.4 | 16.9 | C |
| High Shincliffe | 1,045 | 6.1 | 2.9 | A+ |
| Bowburn | 4,843 | 37.7 | 18.8 | C− |
| West Rainton | 2,323 | 42.7 | 22.4 | D |
Sherburn Hill records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Sherburn, 1.1 miles away, records 30.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Sherburn Hill’s 52.4.
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 Sherburn Hill 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 Sherburn Hill
Is Sherburn Hill safe?
Police recorded 52.4 violent and sexual offences and 39.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Sherburn Hill’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Sherburn Hill?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 45%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 54%, shoplifting and theft rose 67% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Sherburn Hill?
Violence & sexual offences: 67 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (27) and burglary (17), with 13 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Sherburn Hill compare with Durham?
Durham records 40.6 violent and sexual offences and 16.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Sherburn Hill’s 52.4 and 39.8, 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) · 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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