Total Crime Rate

555.6 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 555.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 352.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.8 8/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Abbeywoods Business Park area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Framwellgate and Newton Hall , and the 44th 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 Abbeywoods Business Park (DH1 5TH) in the last 12 months was 555.6 per 1,000 residents and was 547.6% 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 149 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbeywoods Business Park (DH1 5TH), the main crime hotspot is near Abbeywoods. Police recorded 190 crimes here, including 19 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 Abbeywoods Business Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeywoods Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbeywoods —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbeywoods —
Sep 2025Public order Abbeywoods Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeywoods Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeywoods Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeywoods Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeywoods Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeywoods Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeywoods Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeywoods Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeywoods Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeywoods Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeywoods Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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