Total Crime Rate

113.9 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 113.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.8 10/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Tees Crescent area has the 14th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Craghead and South Moor , and the 569th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tees Crescent (DH9 6JH) in the last 12 months was 113.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 59.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 180.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tees Crescent (DH9 6JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spen Street, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hustledown Gardens (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tees Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thames Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Spen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Derby Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waveney Gardens
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smailes Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Tees Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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