Total Crime Rate

219.7 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 219.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.2 9/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Bent House Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Belmont , and the 214th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Bent House Lane (DH1 2RZ) in the last 12 months was 219.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% higher than the Belmont average (123.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 116.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bent House Lane (DH1 2RZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bent House Lane, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cuthbert Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bent House Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oswald Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswald Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cuthbert Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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