Crime Rate in Blackhalls, ward

Blackhalls has the 17th highest crime rate of 63 wards in County Durham district and the 698th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 68th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Blackhalls in the last 12 months was 144.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.1% higher than the County Durham district average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Blackhalls’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 412 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -31.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 507 (≈ 61.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Blackhalls ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.