Total Crime Rate

218.0 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 218.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Other theft 22.4 10/10
  • Other crime 9.6 9/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Ninth Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chester-le-Street South , and the 219th 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 Ninth Avenue (DH2 2BD) in the last 12 months was 218.0 per 1,000 residents and was 309.1% higher than the Chester-le-Street South average (53.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 112.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ninth Avenue (DH2 2BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fife Avenue, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seventh Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ninth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bullion Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ninth Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eighth Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lumley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Twelfth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fife Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fife Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Crescent —
Sep 2025Burglary Seventh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Seventh Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Seventh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime The Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Murray Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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