Total Crime Rate

88.6 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 88.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Sutherland Place area has the 21st highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 750th 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 Sutherland Place (DH1 2EF) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sutherland Place (DH1 2EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Front Street, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fir Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sutherland Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fir Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mill House Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswald Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fir Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lantern Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oak Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lantern Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cuthbert Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oswald Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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