Total Crime Rate
42.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tweed Terrace area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Craghead and South Moor , and the 460th lowest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tweed Terrace (DH9 6JP) in the last 12 months was 42.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.8% lower 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 Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ).
In the area around Tweed Terrace (DH9 6JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holly Hill Gardens, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tweed Terrace (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stanley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kier Hardie Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Britten 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Landseer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Engels Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wear Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tweed Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tweed Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Reynolds Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tweed Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keir Hardie Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kier Hardie Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hill Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kneller Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Constable Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hill Gardens West | Under investigation |
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