Crime Rates at Sherburn Road, Durham, DH1 2ER

Sherburn Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 694th 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 Sherburn Road (DH1 2ER) in the last 12 months was 95.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% 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 13 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 Violence and sexual offences ( -7.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sherburn Road (DH1 2ER), 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.