Total Crime Rate

111.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 111.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.9 8/10
  • Public order 21.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sherburn Road Flats area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Belmont , and the 638th 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 Sherburn Road Flats (DH1 2LN) in the last 12 months was 111.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.8% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sherburn Road Flats (DH1 2LN), the main crime hotspot is near Back Wynyard Grove. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sherburn Road Flats area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gort Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Young Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson William Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson William Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gort Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Churchill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Young Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Edward Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roosevelt Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roosevelt Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Roosevelt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Roosevelt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roosevelt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edge Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mackintosh Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Sunderland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunderland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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