Photo: Roger Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Trimdon Grange records more crime per resident than nine in ten UK towns
Annual rates stand at 36.0 violent and sexual offences and 32.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage for every thousand residents. On crimes police recorded inside Trimdon Grange’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it grades D for safety. Vehicle crime stands out: 10.5 per 1,000 residents here, against 1.5 in a typical town its size, with 13 recorded in the 12 months to August 2026.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What’s behind Trimdon Grange’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 253 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Trimdon Grange 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 Grange runs highest on vehicle crime (10.5 per 1,000 against 1.5), burglary (9.7 per 1,000 against 1.6) and criminal damage & arson (11.4 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 35 | 28.4 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 19 | 15.4 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 14 | 11.4 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 13 | 10.5 | 1.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 12 | 9.7 | 1.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 5 | 4.1 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 5 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 4 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 1.6 | 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.
How Trimdon Grange 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− |
| … | ||||||
| 1169 | Wattstown Mid Glamorgan | 1,105 | 54.3 | 13.3 | 3.9 | D |
| 1170 | Ironville Derbyshire | 1,824 | 51.4 | 16.8 | 3.5 | D |
| 1171 | Knowle Hampshire | 1,487 | 54.3 | 14.1 | 4.9 | D |
| 1172 | Trimdon Grange County Durham | 1,233 | 36 | 32.4 | 4.3 | D |
| 1173 | Point Clear Essex | 1,707 | 53.5 | 15.2 | 9.8 | D |
| 1174 | Penygroes Gwynedd | 1,793 | 54.8 | 13.9 | 6.1 | D |
| 1175 | Evenwood County Durham | 1,587 | 43.3 | 25.6 | 6.5 | 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 Grange, and others in County Durham.
Crime in Trimdon Grange 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 32 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police in Trimdon Grange identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 75% of Trimdon Grange’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 19% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (62% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 4% of violent and 0% 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. 105 crimes.
37 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 44 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 -16% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles +39% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Trimdon Grange’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 3 collisions with injuries inside Trimdon Grange in five years. 1 person was killed or seriously injured: 0 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 Trimdon Grange is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Trimdon Grange’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 Grange had 1.
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 Grange’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Trimdon Grange
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trimdon Grange | 1,233 | 36 | 32.4 | D |
| Trimdon Colliery | 1,788 | 49.8 | 34.1 | D− |
| Trimdon | 2,835 | 26.3 | 21.3 | C− |
| Kelloe | 1,434 | 35.6 | 23.5 | D |
| Wheatley Hill | 3,148 | 50.5 | 43.9 | D− |
| Fishburn | 2,387 | 33.1 | 17.2 | C− |
| Wingate | 5,033 | 37.8 | 35.4 | D |
| Thornley | 2,543 | 30.9 | 27.4 | D |
Trimdon Grange records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Trimdon, 1 miles away, records 26.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Trimdon Grange’s 36.
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 Grange 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 Grange
Is Trimdon Grange safe?
Police recorded 36 violent and sexual offences and 32.4 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 Grange’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 8% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Trimdon Grange has less crime per resident than 3%.
Is crime going up in Trimdon Grange?
Police recorded 37 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 44 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Trimdon Grange?
Violence & sexual offences: 35 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (14) and vehicle crime (13), with 19 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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