Total Crime Rate
165.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lenin Terrace area has the 6th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Craghead and South Moor , and the 340th 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 Lenin Terrace (DH9 6LL) in the last 12 months was 165.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.7% higher than the Craghead and South Moor average (112.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lenin Terrace (DH9 6LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holly Hill Gardens, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holly Hill Gardens East (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Craghead and South Moor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hill Gardens East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Hill Gardens West | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hill Gardens West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Hill Gardens East | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Hill Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgar Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Hill Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holly Hill Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Engels Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Engels Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holly Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Holly Hill Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Britten Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Holly Hill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holly Hill Gardens West | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Constable Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hill Gardens East | Awaiting court outcome |
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