Total Crime Rate
135.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barrington Way area has the 10th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Coxhoe , and the 496th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Barrington Way (DH6 5QD) in the last 12 months was 135.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% higher than the Coxhoe average (89.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barrington Way (DH6 5QD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Durham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tunstall Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tunstall Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tunstall Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tunstall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Park Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tunstall Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffiths Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monteigne Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monteigne Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monteigne Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wylam Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrington Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrington Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tunstall Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charlton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Surtees Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lawson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumont Close | β |
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