Total Crime Rate

118.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wansbeck Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Craghead and South Moor , and the 546th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wansbeck Avenue (DH9 6HU) in the last 12 months was 118.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% higher than the Craghead and South Moor average (112.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 68.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wansbeck Avenue (DH9 6HU), the main crime hotspot is near Stanley Bus Station. Police recorded 210 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wansbeck Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ritson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ritson Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ritson Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ritson Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ritson Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ritson Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Spen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Derby Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanley Bus Station —
Sep 2025Burglary Stanley Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stanley Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stanley Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Bus Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stanley Bus Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stanley Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stanley Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stanley Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Tees Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smailes Street —
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Data Sources

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