Total Crime Rate

85.6 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 85.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Ritson Avenue area has the 27th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Deerness , and the 777th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ritson Avenue (DH7 7BE) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% lower than the Deerness average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ritson Avenue (DH7 7BE), 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 Ritson 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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