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County Durham29 Sept to 12 Nov

283 power cuts since 29 September, 81 of them on Sunday 25 October

  • 283new cuts since 29 Sept
  • 81in one day, 25 Oct
  • 43of 45 days with a cut

www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/county-durhamOfficial feeds, counted daily

Right now: quiet. No unplanned power cuts in County Durham at 06:20.

Power cuts

283

new unplanned cuts in the County Durham area, on 43 of 45 days

Busiest day: 25 October, during Storms Austen and Boelo. County Durham had more cuts a day, for its size, than 88 of the 99 towns we track.

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From our record of every cut Northern Powergrid publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.

Flood

1 in 63

homes in County Durham has some flood risk

1,309 at high risk

Environment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.

Weather

No Met Office warnings for North East England right now

All warnings

Met Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.

Water

Northumbrian Water

No hosepipe ban

Hosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.

Break-ins

Burglary rate

26% above average

police.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).

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Sources: Northern Powergrid live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Environment Agency flood risk, RoFRS edition v202606. Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the County Durham council area, not a single street.

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