Total Crime Rate
53.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cypress Grove area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 610th lowest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cypress Grove (DH1 1DN) in the last 12 months was 53.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.0% lower than the Belmont average (123.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cypress Grove (DH1 1DN), the main crime hotspot is near Bevan Grove. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Belmont| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bevan Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rowan Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevan Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevan Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchgrove Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cedar Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bevan Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Tree Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bevan Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmfield Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Lea Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alder Lea Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whitwell Court | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmfield Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitwell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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