Total Crime Rate
209.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Durham Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Craghead and South Moor , and the 240th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Durham Road (DH9 6QU) in the last 12 months was 209.2 per 1,000 residents and was 86.0% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 100.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Durham Road (DH9 6QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ladysmith Court, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B6532 (17 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 | Public order | Durham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fonteyn Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladysmith Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6532 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Austen Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Malvern Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Durham Road | — |
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