Total Crime Rate
116.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hustledown Gardens area has the 10th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Craghead and South Moor , and the 600th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Hustledown Gardens (DH9 7NA) in the last 12 months was 116.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hustledown Gardens (DH9 7NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coquet Gardens, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hustledown Gardens (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stanley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coquet Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orwell Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hustledown Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thames Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hustledown Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hustledown Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hill Gardens West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keir Hardie Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hustledown Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orwell Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hustledown Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coquet Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coquet Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coquet Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Coquet Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coquet Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coquet Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coquet Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coquet Gardens | Under investigation |
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