Total Crime Rate

25.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 25.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Shoplifting 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

Bek Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Framwellgate and Newton Hall , and the 269th lowest 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 Bek Road (DH1 5LD) in the last 12 months was 25.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bek Road (DH1 5LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caterhouse Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langley Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Framwellgate and Newton Hall

Crime Over Time in Bek Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bede Way —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Caterhouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caterhouse Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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