Total Crime Rate

337.2 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 337.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 107.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.0 10/10
  • Other theft 19.2 9/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wheatley 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 Wheatley Terrace (DH6 3RW) 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 Wheatley Terrace (DH6 3RW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wheatley Terrace area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Quetlaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quetlaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quetlaw Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quetlaw Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quetlaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Quilstyle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Quilstyle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Quilstyle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Quilstyle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Quilstyle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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