Total Crime Rate

8.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 8.0 1/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • 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
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Park Road South area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Chester-le-Street East , and the 40th lowest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Park Road South (DH3 3LT) in the last 12 months was 8.0 per 1,000 residents and was 95.7% 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 Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

In the area around Park Road South (DH3 3LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Milburn Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lumley Terrace (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Park Road South area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft York Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beverley Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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