Total Crime Rate

264.0 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 264.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 188.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • 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

Bevan Grove area has the 4th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Shotton and South Hetton , and the 164th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bevan Grove (DH6 2LQ) in the last 12 months was 264.0 per 1,000 residents and was 137.2% higher 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 Shoplifting with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -24.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bevan Grove (DH6 2LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamilton Court, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byron Terrace (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bevan Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime East Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Airport/Airfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Byron Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Byron Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Byron Terrace Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alcote Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Dunelm Place Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Dunelm Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hamilton Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hamilton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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