Crime Rates at Greta Street South, Pelton, Chester Le Street, DH2 1PD

Greta Street South area has the 12th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chester-le-Street North , and the 764th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Greta Street South (DH2 1PD) in the last 12 months was 91.5 per 1,000 residents and was 58.5% higher than the Chester-le-Street North average (57.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 30.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Greta Street South (DH2 1PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beamish Court, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holyoake Street (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.