Total Crime Rate

75.0 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 75.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

May Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Brandon , and the 859th lowest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around May Street (DH1 4EN) in the last 12 months was 75.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.8% lower than the Brandon average (98.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 533.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -52.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 533.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around May Street (DH1 4EN), the main crime hotspot is near The Avenue. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in May Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Summerville Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mistletoe Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archery Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Archery Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mistletoe Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Terrace —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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