Total Crime Rate
276.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dragonville Retail Park area has the 5th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Belmont , and the 151st highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dragonville Retail Park (DH1 2WP) in the last 12 months was 276.6 per 1,000 residents and was 93.8% higher than the Belmont average (142.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dragonville Retail Park (DH1 2WP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Front Street, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Belmont| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cuthbert Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dragon Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill House Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Frank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dragon Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dragon Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dragon Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dragon Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dragon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dragon Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Front Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dragon Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dragon Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dragon Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Front Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lantern Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Front Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Avenue | Under investigation |
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