Total Crime Rate

300.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 300.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 174.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.8 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Brackendale Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 120th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brackendale Road (DH1 2AD) in the last 12 months was 300.6 per 1,000 residents and was 143.6% higher than the Belmont average (123.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brackendale Road (DH1 2AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 60 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 Brackendale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Poplar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryedale Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bainbridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bishops Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broomside Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broomside Lane —
Sep 2025Drugs Broomside Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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