Total Crime Rate

327.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 327.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 211.9 10/10
  • Other theft 59.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hadrian Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Chester-le-Street East , and the 103rd 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 Hadrian Avenue (DH3 3RS) in the last 12 months was 327.8 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% 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 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hadrian Avenue (DH3 3RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hadrian Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hopgarth Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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