Total Crime Rate

191.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 191.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.1 9/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Robertson Court area has the 6th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Chester-le-Street East , and the 271st 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 Robertson Court (DH3 3FB) in the last 12 months was 191.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Robertson Court (DH3 3FB), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 126 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Robertson Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Poplar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Nightclub Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buttermere Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ripon Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorfoot Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chester-Le-Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester-Le-Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester-Le-Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ramsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ramsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ramsey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ramsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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