Total Crime Rate

93.8 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 93.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Whitehouse Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Deerness , and the 706th 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 Whitehouse Avenue (DH7 7JZ) in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehouse Avenue (DH7 7JZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitehouse Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hall Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lindsay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Temperance Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temperance Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welby Drive Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temperance Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flass Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flass Avenue —
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Data Sources

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