Total Crime Rate

135.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

94.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 135.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 94.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.5 7/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grasmere Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Chester-le-Street East , and the 495th highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grasmere Road (DH2 3DL) in the last 12 months was 135.8 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% lower than the Chester-le-Street East average (185.0 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 Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 94.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grasmere Road (DH2 3DL), the main crime hotspot is near Cleveland Avenue. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grasmere Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mendip Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Blencathra Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mendip Avenue —
Apr 2026Drugs Blencathra Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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