Crime Rates at Dryburn Road, Durham, DH1 5AJ

Dryburn Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Framwellgate and Newton Hall , and the 608th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Dryburn Road (DH1 5AJ) in the last 12 months was 107.8 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% higher than the Framwellgate and Newton Hall average (85.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dryburn Road (DH1 5AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 224 crimes here, including 159 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.