Total Crime Rate

34.5 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 34.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.0 8/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.8 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
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

This area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Lumley , and the 387th lowest 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 This (DH4 6DD) in the last 12 months was 34.5 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% lower than the Lumley average (63.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode DH4 6DD, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alwyn Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sydney Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in DH4 6DD area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alwyn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Meadow Grange Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchid Square Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alwyn Close —
Sep 2025Public order Sydney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sydney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sydney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sydney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sydney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orchid Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orchid Square —
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Data Sources

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