Total Crime Rate

80.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 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 80.9 7/10
  • Other theft 22.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Deerness , and the 813th 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 Commercial Street (DH7 9BW) in the last 12 months was 80.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% lower than the Deerness average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Street (DH7 9BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hedleyhill Lane (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Other theft Knox Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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