Total Crime Rate
495.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Milbank Terrace area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Shotton and South Hetton , and the 58th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Milbank Terrace (DH6 2NT) in the last 12 months was 495.6 per 1,000 residents and was 370.8% higher than the Shotton and South Hetton average (105.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -18.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 137.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milbank Terrace (DH6 2NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shotton and South Hetton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cowley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hamilton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamilton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamilton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alcote Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alcote Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cowley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Green | — |
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