Total Crime Rate

137.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 137.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Public order 25.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Fieldside area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chester-le-Street North , and the 447th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fieldside (DH2 1DY) in the last 12 months was 137.5 per 1,000 residents and was 139.3% higher than the Chester-le-Street North average (57.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fieldside (DH2 1DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pelton Lane, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hylton Terrace (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Chester-le-Street North

Crime Over Time in Fieldside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fieldside Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brackenbeds Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hylton Terrace —
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Data Sources

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