Crime and Safety in Brandon and Byshottles
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Brandon and Byshottles is among the top 5 safest small towns in Durham, and is the 56th most dangerous overall out of Durham's 169 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Brandon and Byshottles in 2026 is 75 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Durham's overall crime rate, coming in 19% lower than the Durham rate of 93 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Brandon and Byshottles is the 114th most dangerous small town, and the 800th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In July 2025, Brandon and Byshottles was the worst small town in Durham for vehicle crime, with 9 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.40 per 1,000 daytime population. April 2021 was also a bad month for Brandon and Byshottles residents, when it was Durham's most dangerous small town for public order, recording 26 crimes at a rate of 1.2 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Brandon and Byshottles are violence and sexual offences, with 848 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 38. This is 0.12% higher than 2025's figure of 847 offences and a difference of 0.07 from 2025's crime rate of 38. Brandon and Byshottles's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 3 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 25% from 2025's figure of 4 crimes.
Brandon and Byshottles 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 5 Safest
Small Towns, Durham
11% lower, regional crime rate
North East
4.4% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Brandon and Byshottles is 11% lower than the North East and 4.4% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Brandon and Byshottles Crime Rate Over Time
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Brandon and Byshottles Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Brandon and Byshottles represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Brandon and Byshottles's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Brandon and Byshottles up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Brandon and Byshottles's 493 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Brandon and Byshottles • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Brandon and Byshottles has a crime risk score of 609. This is based on analysis of 493 nearby areas within Brandon and Byshottles, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Brandon and Byshottles's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Brandon and Byshottles, crime risk scores are typically around 609, while in Durham they are average 597.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 660 (620 for Durham), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 706 (Durham 654).
Trends in Crime Risk
Brandon and Byshottles
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 58% in Brandon and Byshottles's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Brandon and Byshottles's crime risk score is up by 0.92%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Brandon and Byshottles's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 4.6%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Brandon and Byshottles
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Brandon and Byshottles • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences have a crime rate of 10 reports per 1,000 people in Brandon and Byshottles, which is 1.67 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 234 crime reports logged by Durham Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Durham Police recorded 848 reports of Violence and Sexual Offences in Brandon and Byshottles, resulting in a crime rate of 38 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.25.
The crime rate for Burglary is 1.02 times the national average at 3.20 reports per 1,000. This is from 72 crime reports reported to Durham Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Brandon and Byshottles
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.32 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.04 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 27% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.98 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.22 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 62% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.88 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.60 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 213% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Brandon and Byshottles
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
No significant decreases identified.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Brandon and Byshottles • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Brandon and Byshottles | Durham | North East | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 481 | 21.51 | 1.52 | 21,236 | 21.77 | 1.54 | 60,647 | 19.76 | 1.40 |
| Bicycle Theft | 3 | 0.13 | 0.93 | 442 | 0.45 | 0.62 | 1,566 | 0.51 | 0.70 |
| Burglary | 72 | 3.20 | 1.02 | 4,323 | 4.45 | 1.42 | 12,568 | 4.10 | 1.31 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 234 | 10.46 | 1.67 | 12,150 | 12.48 | 1.99 | 31,671 | 10.32 | 1.64 |
| Drugs | 31 | 1.37 | 0.53 | 2,604 | 2.67 | 0.86 | 7,960 | 2.59 | 0.84 |
| Other Crime | 82 | 3.66 | 1.98 | 3,366 | 3.45 | 1.86 | 10,427 | 3.40 | 1.84 |
| Other Theft | 98 | 4.37 | 0.77 | 5,251 | 5.39 | 0.95 | 16,082 | 5.24 | 0.92 |
| Possession of Weapons | 13 | 0.57 | 1.02 | 865 | 0.89 | 1.05 | 2,627 | 0.84 | 0.99 |
| Public Order | 130 | 5.81 | 1.00 | 7,032 | 7.21 | 1.24 | 22,100 | 7.21 | 1.24 |
| Robbery | 9 | 0.38 | 0.54 | 956 | 0.99 | 0.84 | 3,786 | 1.23 | 1.04 |
| Shoplifting | 102 | 4.55 | 0.70 | 11,443 | 11.74 | 1.65 | 33,748 | 10.99 | 1.54 |
| Theft From the Person | 5 | 0.21 | 0.40 | 367 | 0.36 | 0.23 | 1,449 | 0.47 | 0.30 |
| Vehicle Crime | 57 | 2.53 | 0.59 | 3,887 | 3.99 | 0.93 | 11,617 | 3.77 | 0.88 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 848 | 37.90 | 1.25 | 37,505 | 38.47 | 1.27 | 104,999 | 34.22 | 1.13 |
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Total Crime by Year
Brandon and Byshottles | Durham | North East | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 1,684 | 75.14 | 1.10 | 90,191 | 92.54 | 1.29 | 260,600 | 84.89 | 1.18 |
| 2025 | 1,475 | 65.79 | 0.94 | 88,066 | 90.91 | 1.23 | 272,201 | 89.21 | 1.21 |
| 2024 | 1,541 | 69.59 | 0.96 | 94,185 | 98.24 | 1.30 | 285,067 | 94.47 | 1.25 |
| 2023 | 1,556 | 71.01 | 0.95 | 98,214 | 103.45 | 1.31 | 295,603 | 99.04 | 1.25 |
| 2022 | 1,534 | 70.85 | 0.96 | 87,295 | 93.37 | 1.22 | 273,599 | 93.03 | 1.21 |
| 2021 | 1,624 | 75.87 | 1.15 | 81,877 | 88.29 | 1.29 | 250,848 | 85.95 | 1.25 |
| 2020 | 1,556 | 73.18 | 1.02 | 88,443 | 95.52 | 1.29 | 276,026 | 94.68 | 1.28 |
| 2019 | 1,798 | 86.34 | 1.18 | 91,887 | 99.51 | 1.31 | 298,335 | 102.44 | 1.34 |
| 2018 | 1,780 | 86.72 | 1.26 | 84,427 | 91.51 | 1.29 | 280,195 | 96.33 | 1.35 |
| 2017 | 1,011 | 49.59 | 0.85 | 67,067 | 72.65 | 1.14 | 226,807 | 78.00 | 1.22 |
| 2016 | 349 | 17.19 | 0.94 | 19,601 | 21.18 | 1.11 | 66,798 | 22.96 | 1.20 |
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Brandon and Byshottles Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shildon | 1,431 | 135.14 | 80% more dangerous |
| Bishop Auckland | 2,446 | 134.08 | 78% more dangerous |
| Peterlee | 2,499 | 116.58 | 55% more dangerous |
| Crook | 997 | 99.78 | 33% more dangerous |
| Spennymoor | 2,498 | 98.79 | 31% more dangerous |
| Chester-le-Street | 2,189 | 86.97 | 16% more dangerous |
| Seaham | 2,062 | 87.01 | 16% more dangerous |
| Belmont | 835 | 78.73 | 4.8% more dangerous |
| Brandon and Byshottles | 1,684 | 75.14 | - |
| Consett | 1,840 | 70.63 | 6% safer |
| Egglescliffe | 427 | 44.17 | 41% safer |
Comparing Brandon and Byshottles to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon and Byshottles | 75.14 | - |
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 6% more dangerous |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 10% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 12% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 30% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 39% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 40% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 42% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 43% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 43% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 66% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Brandon and Byshottles's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Brandon and Byshottles that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Dene Park | 16 | - | 3 | - | 39 | 19 |
| Deerness Gymnastics Academy | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 |
| Browney Allotments | 6 | - | 2 | - | 13 | 3 |
| Holliday Park | 6 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
Recent Crimes in Brandon and Byshottles
The 20 most recent crime reports in Brandon and Byshottles.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near John Street South | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near John Street South | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near St Andrews Square | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Dene Park | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Dene Park | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Dene Park | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Dene Park |
Methodology & Data Sources
Brandon and Byshottles Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Brandon and Byshottles during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Brandon and Byshottles Data Points
For Brandon and Byshottles, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E04010603.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Brandon and Byshottles's daytime - or "workday" - population of 15,906 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Brandon and Byshottles