Total Crime Rate

95.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle 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

Usher Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Sherburn , and the 692nd highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Usher Avenue (DH6 1JG) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8.9% higher than the Sherburn average (87.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Usher Avenue (DH6 1JG), the main crime hotspot is near Forster Avenue. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Usher Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Forster Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Forster Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forster Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forster Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Forster Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gray Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gray Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lady Anne Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Usher Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lambton Field —
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Data Sources

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