Peterlee
WardEast County Durham. About 12,230 people in 4.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 12% of people in Peterlee live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Peterlee compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Peterlee safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Peterlee at a rate of 136.6 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, 203 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Peterlee.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (708), anti-social behaviour (279) and criminal damage and arson (277).
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 Peterlee alone. See County Durham
Peterlee in brief
Peterlee had 12,011 usual residents at the census.
About 12% of people in Peterlee live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Peterlee, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Peterlee, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.