Lumley & West Rainton
WardNorth east County Durham. About 9,993 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 25 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 78% of people in Lumley & West Rainton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Lumley & West Rainton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Lumley & West Rainton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lumley & West Rainton at a rate of 82.1 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, 72 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Lumley & West Rainton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (295), anti-social behaviour (145) and criminal damage and arson (137).
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 Lumley & West Rainton alone. See County Durham
Lumley & West Rainton in brief
Lumley & West Rainton had 9,595 usual residents at the census.
About 78% of people in Lumley & West Rainton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Lumley & West Rainton, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Lumley & West Rainton, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.