Total Crime Rate

80.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Grinstead Way area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 819th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grinstead Way (DH1 1LZ) in the last 12 months was 80.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% lower than the Belmont average (123.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grinstead Way (DH1 1LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bainbridge Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grinstead Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Poplar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallsway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fallsway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bainbridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carrsdale Under investigation
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Data Sources

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