Total Crime Rate

74.4 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 74.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.9 9/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Priory Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Framwellgate and Newton Hall , and the 850th lowest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Priory Road (DH1 5HW) in the last 12 months was 74.4 per 1,000 residents and was 13.3% lower 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (DH1 5HW), the main crime hotspot is near Carrside. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Framwellgate and Newton Hall

Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Caterhouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carrside —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caterhouse Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bede Way —
Sep 2025Other crime Carrside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carrside Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Carrside Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brackenfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aykley Road —
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Data Sources

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