Crime Rates at Castle Riggs, Chester Le Street, DH2 2DL

Castle Riggs area has the 21st highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chester-le-Street South , and the 605th 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 Castle Riggs (DH2 2DL) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 102.6% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 85.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Riggs (DH2 2DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fife Avenue, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cleveland Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.