Total Crime Rate
666.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Malvern Villas area has the highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 35th 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 Malvern Villas (DH1 2JP) in the last 12 months was 666.7 per 1,000 residents and was 440.1% 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 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 106.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Malvern Villas (DH1 2JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Wynyard Grove, where police recorded 213 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Turnbull Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Belmont| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pine Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Turnbull Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Young Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Wynyard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Turnbull Close | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pine Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Musgrave Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Musgrave Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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