Total Crime Rate

397.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 397.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 130.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 126.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.7 10/10
  • Public order 23.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Other theft 9.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Linden Road area has the highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Deerness , and the 74th 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 Linden Road (DH7 7DD) in the last 12 months was 397.2 per 1,000 residents and was 298.8% higher 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 158.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Linden Road (DH7 7DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Byland Court, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wayside Court (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Linden Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Taylor Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cook Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byland Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Byland Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byland Court —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Ritson Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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