Crime Rates at Lovaine Street, Pelton, Chester Le Street, DH2 1PE

Lovaine Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chester-le-Street North , and the 533rd highest 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 Lovaine Street (DH2 1PE) in the last 12 months was 120.9 per 1,000 residents and was 110.5% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lovaine Street (DH2 1PE), the main crime hotspot is near Greta Street North. Police recorded 10 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.