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

Roosevelt Road 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 Roosevelt Road (DH1 1PS) 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 Roosevelt Road (DH1 1PS), the main crime hotspot is near Montgomery Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Roosevelt Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Friars' Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gort Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Monks' Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Roosevelt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gort Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Roosevelt Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bradford Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Montgomery Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friars' Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gort Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gort Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Musgrave Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sunderland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cunningham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edge Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Musgrave Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edge Court
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Young Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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