Barnard Castle
WardSouth west County Durham. About 5,430 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Barnard Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Barnard Castle compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Barnard Castle safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barnard Castle at a rate of 66.9 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, 32 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Barnard Castle.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (116), other crime (53) and anti-social behaviour (42).
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 ward, so they describe all of County Durham and not Barnard Castle alone. See County Durham
Barnard Castle in brief
Barnard Castle had 5,344 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Barnard Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Barnard Castle, 42.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Barnard Castle, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.