Bishop Auckland
TownTown in County Durham, North East.
Bishop Auckland is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bishop Auckland add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 40% of people in Bishop Auckland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Bishop Auckland compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bishop Auckland safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bishop Auckland at a rate of 191.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 115.6 per 1,000 people across North East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 427 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bishop Auckland.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,324), anti-social behaviour (984) and shoplifting (760).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bishop Auckland was 173.8 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Bishop Auckland, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bishop Auckland has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Bishop Auckland
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 055A | 2,118 | 434.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.2% |
| County Durham 055B | 1,360 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.5% |
| County Durham 055E | 1,497 | 119.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.6% |
| County Durham 056A | 1,302 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| County Durham 056B | 1,379 | 140.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| County Durham 056C | 1,734 | 173.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| County Durham 056D | 1,591 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| County Durham 056E | 1,199 | 125.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 057F | 1,711 | 469.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| County Durham 057G | 1,190 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| County Durham 058A | 1,298 | 138.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| County Durham 058B | 1,172 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.4% |
| County Durham 058C | 1,546 | 273.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.5% |
| County Durham 058D | 1,357 | 174.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 058E | 1,666 | 205.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
Your MP
- Dr Sam RushworthLabourMP for Bishop Auckland
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Bishop Auckland1
Middle areas in Bishop Auckland3
Towns near Bishop Auckland6
Bishop Auckland in brief
Bishop Auckland is a town in County Durham, North East.
About 24,275 people lived in Bishop Auckland in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £144,000 in 2025 across 360 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 191.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bishop Auckland was £144,000 in 2025.
Bishop Auckland had 23,359 usual residents at the census.
About 40% of people in Bishop Auckland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bishop Auckland, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.