Total Crime Rate
19.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pine Park area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Deerness , and the 153rd lowest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pine Park (DH7 7LR) in the last 12 months was 19.8 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% lower than the Deerness average (111.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pine Park (DH7 7LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lilac Park, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maple Park (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Durham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Park | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lilac Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Park | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maple Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bay Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bay Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bay Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bay Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holburn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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