Total Crime Rate

75.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 75.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Lawson Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Coxhoe , and the 859th lowest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lawson Road (DH6 5ED) in the last 12 months was 75.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.5% lower than the Coxhoe average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawson Road (DH6 5ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tunstall Avenue, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaumont Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawson Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaumont Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tunstall Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edward Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Griffiths Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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