Total Crime Rate

192.7 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 192.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.5 8/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hutton Court area has the 9th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Annfield Plain , and the 268th 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 Hutton Court (DH9 8HL) in the last 12 months was 192.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.4% higher than the Annfield Plain average (118.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (β‰ˆ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hutton Court (DH9 8HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hutton Court (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hutton Court area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fines Park Court β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Railway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hamsterley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stanhope Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staindrop Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Railway Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Burglary New Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pontop Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fines Park Court β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Hutton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Railway Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frosterley Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Frosterley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Railway Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”

Data Sources

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