Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Trimdon Colliery has more crime per resident than 97% of UK towns
Measured against the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, 2% of them record more crime per resident. Graded on crimes police recorded inside Trimdon Colliery’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it scores D− for safety. Out of every 1,000 residents, 49.8 violent and sexual offences and 34.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Trimdon Colliery
Neighbourhood ranks
70% of Trimdon Colliery’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.
Inside Trimdon Colliery’s D− for safety
A firm grade. Built on 450 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Trimdon Colliery 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, Trimdon Colliery runs highest on anti-social behaviour (37.5 per 1,000 against 5.3), criminal damage & arson (18.5 per 1,000 against 3.2) and public order (10.6 per 1,000 against 2.4).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 84 | 47 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 67 | 37.5 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 33 | 18.5 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 19 | 10.6 | 2.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 12 | 6.7 | 1.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 8 | 4.5 | 1.1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 7 | 3.9 | 1.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 5 | 2.8 | 0.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.6 | 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.
How Trimdon Colliery compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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− |
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| 1190 | Startforth County Durham | 1,391 | 71.2 | 9.4 | 2.2 | D− |
| 1191 | Croeserw West Glamorgan | 1,294 | 61.8 | 19.3 | 9.8 | D− |
| 1192 | Newburn Tyne and Wear | 1,475 | 52 | 29.9 | 11.7 | D− |
| 1193 | Trimdon Colliery County Durham | 1,788 | 49.8 | 34.1 | 5.4 | D− |
| 1194 | Cock and End Suffolk | 1,346 | 80.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | D− |
| 1195 | Frizington Cumbria | 1,754 | 62.5 | 23 | 9.1 | D− |
| 1196 | Pontlottyn Gwent | 1,832 | 48.2 | 37.8 | 6 | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 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 Trimdon Colliery, and others in County Durham.
Crime in Trimdon Colliery 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 29 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.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 66% of Trimdon Colliery’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 14% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (67% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 6% of violent and 8% 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. 164 crimes.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“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 -2% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -13% (towns its size +0%), anti-social behaviour +26% (towns its size -1%).
No one died in a collision on Trimdon Colliery’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 0 collisions with injuries inside Trimdon Colliery 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 Trimdon Colliery is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Trimdon Colliery’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; Trimdon Colliery 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 Trimdon Colliery’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Trimdon Colliery
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimdon Colliery | 1,788 | 49.8 | 34.1 | D− |
| Trimdon Grange | 1,233 | 36 | 32.4 | D |
| Wingate | 5,033 | 37.8 | 35.4 | D |
| Wheatley Hill | 3,148 | 50.5 | 43.9 | D− |
| Trimdon | 2,835 | 26.3 | 21.3 | C− |
| Thornley | 2,543 | 30.9 | 27.4 | D |
| Kelloe | 1,434 | 35.6 | 23.5 | D |
| Fishburn | 2,387 | 33.1 | 17.2 | C− |
Trimdon Colliery records more graded crime per resident than 6 of its 7 neighbours; only Wheatley Hill records more. Trimdon Grange, 0.9 miles away, records 36 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Trimdon Colliery’s 49.8.
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 Trimdon Colliery 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 Trimdon Colliery
Is Trimdon Colliery safe?
Police recorded 49.8 violent and sexual offences and 34.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Trimdon Colliery’s built-up area). That earns a D− for safety: less crime per resident than 3% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Trimdon Colliery has less crime per resident than 2%.
Is crime going up in Trimdon Colliery?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 13%, shoplifting and theft fell 22% and anti-social behaviour rose 26%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Trimdon Colliery?
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 (33) and public order (19), with 67 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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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