Total Crime Rate

114.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 79.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Front Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Deerness , and the 566th 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 Front Street (DH7 6SR) in the last 12 months was 114.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% higher than the Deerness average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 107.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Front Street (DH7 6SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Deneside, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burnside (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Front Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Deneside Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Deneside Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Deneside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Deneside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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