Total Crime Rate

84.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Tunstall Grove area has the 10th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Delves Lane , and the 783rd 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 Tunstall Grove (DH8 6EN) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% lower than the Delves Lane average (109.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tunstall Grove (DH8 6EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Railway Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eden Avenue (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tunstall Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tunstall Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coniston Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ives Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Cross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tunstall Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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