Total Crime Rate

223.0 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 223.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 132.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.1 8/10
  • Public order 17.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Durham Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Coxhoe , and the 211th 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 Durham Road (DH6 5AT) in the last 12 months was 223.0 per 1,000 residents and was 157.3% higher than the Coxhoe average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Durham Road (DH6 5AT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Durham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Steavenson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Top View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hill Top View Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crow Trees Lane —
Sep 2025Other crime Walker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steavenson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaumont Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wylam Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Burn Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Burn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longley Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burn Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longley Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wylam Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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