Total Crime Rate

357.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 357.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 212.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 81.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.2 7/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Robbery 9.1 9/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 5th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Benfieldside , and the 85th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Delves Lane (DH8 7JS) in the last 12 months was 357.5 per 1,000 residents and was 662.0% higher than the Benfieldside average (46.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 260.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Delves Lane (DH8 7JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boyd Street, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Parade (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Delves Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middleton Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taylor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Formal action is not in the public interest
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 2025Anti-social behaviour West Parade —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boyd Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Boyd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Taylor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taylor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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