Total Crime Rate
641.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashley Terrace area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Chester-le-Street South , and the 37th 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 Ashley Terrace (DH3 3EY) in the last 12 months was 641.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1104.7% 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 Shoplifting with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashley Terrace (DH3 3EY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 212 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chester-le-Street South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | South Burns | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | South Burns | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Viador | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Chare | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Chare | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Chare | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Chare | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | High Chare | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Chare | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hedworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hedworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hedworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bede Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wesley Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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