Crime Rate in Chester-le-Street East, ward

Chester-le-Street East has the 5th highest crime rate of 63 wards in County Durham district and the 363rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 36th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Chester-le-Street East in the last 12 months was 185.0 per 1,000 residents and was 63.8% higher than the County Durham district average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Chester-le-Street East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 216 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 266 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Chester-le-Street East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.