Total Crime Rate

115.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Littleburn Lane area has the 18th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Brandon , and the 560th 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 Littleburn Lane (DH7 8GA) in the last 12 months was 115.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% higher than the Brandon average (98.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Littleburn Lane (DH7 8GA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Brancepeth Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keller Court (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Littleburn Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street South Back Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Cuthberts Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keller Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Keller Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Keller Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Brancepeth Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Keller Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Brancepeth Close —
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Data Sources

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