Total Crime Rate
103.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coniston Drive area has the 28th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Chester-le-Street South , and the 683rd 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 Coniston Drive (DH7 6DF) in the last 12 months was 103.3 per 1,000 residents and was 80.9% higher than the Chester-le-Street South average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -3.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coniston Drive (DH7 6DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Derwent Close, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ennerdale Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sacriston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B6532 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ennerdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Derwent Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Derwent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derwent Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Front Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rydal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acorn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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