# Spennymoor Town in County Durham, North East. Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, North East. Median sale price £145,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 143.7 per 1,000 people. About 21,540 people. Town. Code E63000232. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) Spennymoor is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Spennymoor 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £145,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Spennymoor was £145,000 in 2025. Joint 34th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 20,401** (2021). Spennymoor had 20,401 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 534th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 52%** (2022). About 52% of people in Spennymoor live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.9%** (January 2026). In Spennymoor, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000232) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 52% of people in Spennymoor live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000232) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 305 homes were sold in Spennymoor in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000232) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Spennymoor. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000232) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Spennymoor had 20,401 usual residents at the census. ## How Spennymoor compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Spennymoor | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £145,000 | joint 14th cheapest | 60 towns, North East · 2025 | | Population | 20,401 | 30th most populated | 60 towns, North East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 52% | 25th most people in radon Affected Areas | 60 towns, North East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.9% | joint 7th highest | 60 towns, North East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Spennymoor safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Spennymoor at a rate of 143.7 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, 275 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Spennymoor. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,172), anti-social behaviour (490) and other crime (468). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Spennymoor was 128.3 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 Spennymoor, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Spennymoor has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Spennymoor | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [County Durham 047A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020817) | 1,200 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% | | [County Durham 047B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020818) | 1,406 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% | | [County Durham 047C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020819) | 1,012 | 94.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% | | [County Durham 047D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020837) | 1,538 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% | | [County Durham 047E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020843) | 1,534 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% | | [County Durham 049C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020820) | 1,933 | 306.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.1% | | [County Durham 049E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034501) | 1,909 | 163.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% | | [County Durham 049F](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034502) | 1,398 | 251.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% | | [County Durham 052A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020821) | 2,146 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% | | [County Durham 052C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020823) | 1,774 | 143.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.2% | | [County Durham 052D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020835) | 1,469 | 211.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% | | [County Durham 052F](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034503) | 1,618 | 209.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.2% | | [County Durham 052G](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034504) | 1,389 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% | ## Your MP - [Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newton-aycliffe-and-spennymoor): Alan Strickland (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) ## Postcode districts covering Spennymoor [DL16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl16) ## Middle areas in Spennymoor [Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/spennymoor-east-and-ferryhill-west), [Spennymoor West](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/spennymoor-west), [Tudhoe Grange](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/tudhoe-grange) ## Towns near Spennymoor [Ferryhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferryhill), [Bishop Auckland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishop-auckland), [Brandon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-county-durham), [Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/durham), [Shildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shildon), [Newton Aycliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-aycliffe) ## Spennymoor in brief Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, North East. About 21,540 people lived in Spennymoor in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £145,000 in 2025 across 305 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 143.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Spennymoor was £145,000 in 2025. Spennymoor had 20,401 usual residents at the census. About 52% of people in Spennymoor live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Spennymoor, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000232 - Constituency: [Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newton-aycliffe-and-spennymoor) - Council: [County Durham †](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) - Region: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 6.28 km² - People, mid-2024: 21,540* - Neighbourhoods: 13 - Output areas: 73 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Ferryhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferryhill), [Bishop Auckland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishop-auckland), [Brandon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-county-durham), [Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/durham), [Shildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shildon), [Newton Aycliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-aycliffe) ## Latest updates for Spennymoor - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000232 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor#f-house-sales-median-price. 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