Total Crime Rate

90.9 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 90.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.1 10/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Musgrave Gardens area has the 20th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 724th 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 Musgrave Gardens (DH1 1PL) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 220.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Musgrave Gardens (DH1 1PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ramsey Close, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Turnbull Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Musgrave Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Turnbull Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other crime Ramsey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Whitwell Court Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Musgrave Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Musgrave Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whitwell Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sunderland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ramsey Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ramsey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Hilds Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Turnbull Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sherburn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Hilds Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Turnbull Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edge Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edge Court —
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Data Sources

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