Total Crime Rate

615.0 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 615.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 232.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 141.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.8 10/10
  • Public order 42.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.1 10/10
  • Other theft 32.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.4 10/10
  • Burglary 18.7 10/10
  • Other crime 16.0 10/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Robbery 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

Bells Ville area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 39th 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 Bells Ville (DH1 2HZ) in the last 12 months was 615.0 per 1,000 residents and was 398.2% 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 87 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -46.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 189.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bells Ville (DH1 2HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Front Street, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bevan Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bells Ville area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Hilds Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Frank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Hilds Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Durham Courtyard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Heron'S Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cedar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mill House Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lantern Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bevan Grove —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bevan Grove —
Sep 2025Other theft Whitwell Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Turnbull Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Turnbull Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Turnbull Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birchgrove Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Maple Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Maple Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Robbery Bevan Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Whitwell Court Formal action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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