Total Crime Rate

174.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 174.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 112.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Cook Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Deerness , and the 313th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cook Avenue (DH7 7BB) in the last 12 months was 174.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.0% higher than the Deerness average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cook Avenue (DH7 7BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Auton Stile, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cook Avenue (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cook Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cook Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Ritson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Blackburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackburn Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaurepaire —
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Data Sources

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