Total Crime Rate

30.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 30.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Delves Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Delves Lane , and the 337th 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 Delves Lane (DH8 7ES) in the last 12 months was 30.3 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% lower than the Delves Lane average (109.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Delves Lane (DH8 7ES), the main crime hotspot is near Fairfield. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Delves Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Fairfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fairfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dere Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Delves Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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