Total Crime Rate

132.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Third Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chester-le-Street South , and the 469th 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 Third Avenue (DH2 2EF) in the last 12 months was 132.2 per 1,000 residents and was 148.1% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -24.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 52.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Third Avenue (DH2 2EF), the main crime hotspot is near Fourth Avenue. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Third Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainford Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime The Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Gainford Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Third Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainford Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainford Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Crescent —
Sep 2025Other theft Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fourth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynyard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wynyard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yetholm Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yetholm Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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