Total Crime Rate

92.0 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 92.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Southfields area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Annfield Plain , and the 719th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Southfields (DH9 7PF) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% lower than the Annfield Plain average (118.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southfields (DH9 7PF), the main crime hotspot is near Coquet Gardens. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Southfields area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thames Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holyoake Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waveney Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hustledown Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coquet Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holyoake Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holyoake Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coquet Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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