Total Crime Rate

245.7 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 245.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 82.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.6 10/10
  • Public order 40.0 10/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Victoria Court area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Framwellgate and Newton Hall , and the 178th 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 Victoria Court (DH1 5BY) in the last 12 months was 245.7 per 1,000 residents and was 186.4% 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 Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 240.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 97.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Court (DH1 5BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Court, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newcastle Terrace (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Framwellgate and Newton Hall

Crime Over Time in Victoria Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons High Carr Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newcastle Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newcastle Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newcastle Terrace —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garden Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Court Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Aidan'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs High Carr Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lund Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Victoria Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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