Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Staindrop records more crime per resident than 76%
Anti-social behaviour stands out: 9.7 per 1,000 residents in Staindrop, against 5.3 in a typical town its size, with 13 recorded in the 12 months to August 2026. All told, Staindrop grades C+ for safety: close to the middle of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Police counts work out at 23.4 violent and sexual offences and 12.2 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 Staindrop
More crime than many places its size
Of 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Staindrop has the 942nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Minsterley, Grain and Biddenden, higher than Stoke Hammond, Ardleigh and Tiddington. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Staindrop’s C+
A fairly firm grade. Built on 143 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Staindrop against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
942nd of 1,214: Staindrop among towns its size
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
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| 33 | High Shincliffe County Durham | 1,045 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 1.6 | A+ |
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| 271 | School Aycliffe County Durham | 1,590 | 13 | 4 | 1.3 | A |
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| 306 | Castleside County Durham | 1,532 | 12.4 | 5.4 | 0.4 | A |
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| 461 | Gainford County Durham | 1,127 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 3.9 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 939 | Stoke Hammond Buckinghamshire | 1,155 | 22.2 | 13.3 | 8.7 | C+ |
| 940 | Ardleigh Essex | 1,042 | 26.9 | 8.6 | 2.9 | C+ |
| 941 | Tiddington Warwickshire | 1,687 | 24.3 | 11.3 | 4.2 | C+ |
| 942 | Staindrop County Durham | 1,339 | 23.4 | 12.2 | 2.5 | C+ |
| 943 | Waresley Worcestershire | 1,526 | 27.3 | 8.3 | 5.9 | C+ |
| 944 | Hartwell Northamptonshire | 1,493 | 28.8 | 6.9 | 3.6 | C+ |
| 945 | Woolpit Suffolk | 1,838 | 22.5 | 13.2 | 6.7 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | 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 Staindrop, and others in County Durham.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Staindrop runs highest on anti-social behaviour (9.7 per 1,000 against 5.3) and violence & sexual offences (24.6 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 33 | 24.6 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 13 | 9.7 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 9 | 6.7 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 5 | 3.7 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 3.7 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 3.7 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 5 | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| Drugs | not graded | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 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 Staindrop 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 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
35 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 29 the year before
“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 +21% (towns its size +3%).
No one died in a collision on Staindrop’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 0 collisions with injuries inside Staindrop in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Staindrop is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Staindrop’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Staindrop had 0.
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 Staindrop’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Staindrop
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staindrop | 1,339 | 23.4 | 12.2 | C+ |
| Cockfield | 1,351 | 31.6 | 14.3 | C |
| Evenwood | 1,587 | 43.3 | 25.6 | D |
| Gainford | 1,127 | 10.7 | 10.4 | A− |
| West Auckland | 3,107 | 54.3 | 33.2 | D− |
| Barnard Castle | 5,783 | 24.9 | 13.7 | C+ |
| Toft Hill and High Etherley | 1,865 | 13.9 | 12.7 | B+ |
| Startforth | 1,391 | 71.2 | 9.4 | D− |
Staindrop records more graded crime per resident than 2 of its 7 neighbours. Gainford, 3.6 miles away, records 10.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Staindrop’s 23.4.
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 Staindrop 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 Staindrop
Is Staindrop safe?
Police recorded 23.4 violent and sexual offences and 12.2 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Staindrop’s built-up area). That earns a C+ for safety: less crime per resident than 44% of UK towns. Among 1,214 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000 people, Staindrop is 942nd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Staindrop?
Police recorded 35 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Staindrop?
Violence & sexual offences: 33 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (9) and public order (5), with 13 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Staindrop compare with Darlington?
Darlington records 45.2 violent and sexual offences and 25.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Staindrop’s 23.4 and 12.2, 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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