Total Crime Rate

565.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 565.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 321.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 117.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 90.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.8 9/10
  • Public order 22.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.1 9/10
  • Robbery 9.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Delves Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Benfieldside , and the 49th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 565.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1175.0% higher than the Benfieldside average (44.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 90.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.6% 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 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Parade (23 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 (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Rotary Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Rosebery Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boyd Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson East Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boyd Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Railway Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grassholme Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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