Total Crime Rate

51.0 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 51.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

The Avenue area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Benfieldside , and the 590th 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 The Avenue (DH8 6NR) in the last 12 months was 51.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% higher than the Benfieldside average (46.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (DH8 6NR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Taylor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Angelica Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Livingstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Angelica Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Angelica Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taylor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taylor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Parade —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Parade —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boyd Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Palmerston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Boyd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Palmerston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cobden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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