Total Crime Rate

127.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gort Place area has the 15th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 493rd highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gort Place (DH1 1EY) in the last 12 months was 127.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.6% higher than the Belmont average (123.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gort Place (DH1 1EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Wynyard Grove, where police recorded 213 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maynard'S Row (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gort Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bradford Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sunderland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Roosevelt Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Roosevelt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Monks' Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friars' Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gort Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Friars' Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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