West Auckland
WardSouth east County Durham. About 11,064 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 14 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 75% of people in West Auckland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Auckland compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Auckland safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Auckland at a rate of 154.1 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, 146 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Auckland.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (454), violence and sexual offences (406) and shoplifting (395).
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 West Auckland alone. See County Durham
West Auckland in brief
West Auckland had 10,451 usual residents at the census.
About 75% of people in West Auckland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Auckland, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Auckland, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.