Total Crime Rate

84.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Back Mount Joy area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Durham South , and the 785th 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 Back Mount Joy (DH1 3AZ) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 120.6% higher than the Durham South average (38.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 112.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Back Mount Joy (DH1 3AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stockton Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oswald Court (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Back Mount Joy area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft High Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hallgarth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswald Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oswald Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswald Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswald Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Hallgarth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswald Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stockton Road —
Sep 2025Drugs The Hallgarth Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elvet Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Palmers Garth Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Wood View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oswald Court Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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