Total Crime Rate
173.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Derwent Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Annfield Plain , and the 315th 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 Derwent Drive (DH9 7RS) in the last 12 months was 173.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% higher than the Annfield Plain average (118.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (β 86.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Derwent Drive (DH9 7RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elizabeth Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Annfield Plain| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Railway Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Railway Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Railway Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elizabeth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elizabeth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elizabeth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Durham Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Railway Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Teesdale Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stanhope Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Close | Under investigation |
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