Total Crime Rate
621.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Belle Street area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Craghead and South Moor , and the 41st 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 Belle Street (DH9 0DB) in the last 12 months was 621.9 per 1,000 residents and was 399.3% higher than the Craghead and South Moor average (124.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 137.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belle Street (DH9 0DB), the main crime hotspot is near A693. Police recorded 145 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stanley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Constable Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A693 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A693 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A693 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A693 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mona Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Slaidburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A693 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Landseer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Landseer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Landseer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Reynolds Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Agnes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Agnes Street | Under investigation |
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