Total Crime Rate

666.7 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 666.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 456.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.3 10/10
  • Public order 36.7 10/10
  • Burglary 20.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wynyard Grove 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 Wynyard Grove (DH1 2QJ) 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 Wynyard Grove (DH1 2QJ), 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 Maynard'S Row (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wynyard Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/61)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cunningham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Montgomery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Roosevelt Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Roosevelt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Churchill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Wynyard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Wynyard Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gort Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gort Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Gort Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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