Total Crime Rate

47.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 18.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.8 4/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Finchale Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Framwellgate and Newton Hall , and the 508th lowest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Finchale Road (DH1 5JW) in the last 12 months was 47.6 per 1,000 residents and was 47.9% lower than the Framwellgate and Newton Hall average (91.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Finchale Road (DH1 5JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Court, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newcastle Terrace (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Finchale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victoria Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Finchale Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victoria Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South Terrace —
Apr 2026Public order Newcastle Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newcastle Terrace —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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