Total Crime Rate

103.6 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 103.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
  • 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

Cleveland Avenue area has the 24th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chester-le-Street South , and the 630th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cleveland Avenue (DH2 3BB) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 94.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Cleveland Avenue (DH2 3BB), the main crime hotspot is near Cleveland Avenue. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cleveland Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlingford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yetholm Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Mendip Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mendip Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Marys Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Marys Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Marys Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlingford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yetholm Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loweswater Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cleveland Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cleveland Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cleveland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cleveland Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cleveland Avenue —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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