Crime Rates at Deerness Place, Waterhouses, Durham, DH7 9AT

Deerness Place area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Deerness , and the 669th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Deerness Place (DH7 9AT) in the last 12 months was 96.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.9% lower than the Deerness average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Deerness Place (DH7 9AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Russell Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Street (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.