Total Crime Rate
219.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pine Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Belmont , and the 221st highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Pine Avenue (DH1 2EX) in the last 12 months was 219.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% higher than the Belmont average (142.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 63.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 114.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pine Avenue (DH1 2EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lantern Court, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pine Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Durham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ramsey Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnbull Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Turnbull Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Turnbull Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turnbull Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Habgood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Habgood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ramsey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnbull Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramsey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ramsey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill House Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Turnbull Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ash Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lantern Court | Under investigation |
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