Total Crime Rate
337.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Jack Lawson Terrace area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Trimdon and Thornley , and the 98th 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 Jack Lawson Terrace (DH6 3RT) in the last 12 months was 337.2 per 1,000 residents and was 184.8% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 107.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jack Lawson Terrace (DH6 3RT), the main crime hotspot is near Quetlaw Road. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Trimdon and Thornley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Quilstyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Quilstyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Quetlaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quetlaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quetlaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quetlaw Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quetlaw Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Quilstyle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Quilstyle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Quilstyle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Quilstyle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Quilstyle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Quilstyle Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Quilstyle Road | Under investigation |
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