Total Crime Rate
205.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bank Foot area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Coxhoe , and the 249th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Bank Foot (DH1 2PD) in the last 12 months was 205.9 per 1,000 residents and was 130.9% higher than the Coxhoe average (89.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -6.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bank Foot (DH1 2PD), the main crime hotspot is near Hillcrest. Police recorded 3 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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