Total Crime Rate

511.2 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 511.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 294.6 10/10
  • Public order 60.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.0 10/10
  • Drugs 29.0 10/10
  • Other theft 24.6 10/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Whitesmocks area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Brandon , and the 52nd 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 Whitesmocks (DH1 4LL) in the last 12 months was 511.2 per 1,000 residents and was 419.4% higher 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 132 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 162 (≈ 361.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitesmocks (DH1 4LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Springfield Park, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Nicholas Drive (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitesmocks area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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