Total Crime Rate

47.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 47.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.5 5/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

This area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Brandon , and the 544th lowest crime rate of 1,724 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 This (DH7 8HY) in the last 12 months was 47.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.5% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode DH7 8HY, the highest concentration of overall crime is near John Street South, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Browney Lane (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in DH7 8HY area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browney Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Littlewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longhill Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street South —
Sep 2025Other theft John Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Street South Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Browney Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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