Total Crime Rate

89.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sheridan Drive area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Craghead and South Moor , and the 735th 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 Sheridan Drive (DH9 6YU) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.2% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 333.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheridan Drive (DH9 6YU), the main crime hotspot is near Mendip Terrace. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sheridan Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fonteyn Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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