Total Crime Rate

90.5 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 90.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Church View area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Shotton and South Hetton , and the 726th 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 Church View (DH6 2EA) in the last 12 months was 90.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% lower than the Shotton and South Hetton average (111.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church View (DH6 2EA), the main crime hotspot is near Church Street. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church View area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church View Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hall Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salter'S Lane —
Sep 2025Drugs Church Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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