Crime Rates at Front Street, Chester Le Street, DH3 3BB

Front Street area has the highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Chester-le-Street East , and the 19th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Front Street (DH3 3BB) in the last 12 months was 798.5 per 1,000 residents and was 331.7% higher 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 Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 251.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Front Street (DH3 3BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 212 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.