Total Crime Rate

87.0 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 87.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Crossgate area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Durham South , and the 762nd 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 Crossgate (DH1 4PS) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 126.5% higher than the Durham South average (38.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (β‰ˆ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crossgate (DH1 4PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 257 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Bank (129 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Crossgate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Bank β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Bank β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Bank β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Bank β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flass Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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