Total Crime Rate

532.0 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 532.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 162.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 78.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.3 9/10
  • Public order 29.6 10/10
  • Burglary 24.6 10/10
  • Other crime 24.6 10/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Drugs 4.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Wordsworth Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Trimdon and Thornley , and the 47th 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 Wordsworth Avenue (DH6 3RB) in the last 12 months was 532.0 per 1,000 residents and was 349.4% higher than the Trimdon and Thornley average (118.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -41.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 167.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Avenue (DH6 3RB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moor View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Quilstyle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Quilstyle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Quilstyle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Quilstyle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Quilstyle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Quilstyle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Quilstyle Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Meadow View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Quilstyle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Quilstyle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dennis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moor View Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Woodlands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodlands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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