Total Crime Rate

117.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.4 9/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Queens Park area has the 10th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Chester-le-Street East , and the 588th highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Park (DH3 3PL) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queens Park (DH3 3PL), the main crime hotspot is near Park Road Central. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queens Park area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Road Central
Apr 2026Public order Milburn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Ropery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queens Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milburn Close
Apr 2026Other theft Park Road Central Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Road Central
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Road Central

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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