Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West
Middle areaEast County Durham. 8,388 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 46% of people in Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West at a rate of 239.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 120.3 per 1,000 people across County Durham.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 744 |
| Other crime | 316 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 290 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 274 |
| Shoplifting | 130 |
| Drug offences | 116 |
| Vehicle crime | 62 |
| Burglary | 55 |
| Theft from the person | 12 |
| Robbery | 8 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West at a rate of 239.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 120.3 per 1,000 people across County Durham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 184 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (744), other crime (316) and criminal damage and arson (290).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of County Durham
These figures are published for the whole of County Durham, not for each middle area, so they describe all of County Durham and not Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West alone. See County Durham
Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West was £122,500 in 2025.
Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West had 7,886 usual residents at the census.
About 46% of people in Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.