Total Crime Rate
178.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hutton Court area has the 11th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Annfield Plain , and the 323rd highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Hutton Court (DH9 8HL) in the last 12 months was 178.9 per 1,000 residents and was 42.0% higher than the Annfield Plain average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 73.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.4% 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 Stanhope Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Annfield Plain| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Frosterley Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fines Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pontop Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hutton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hutton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfield Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fines Park Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Railway Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fines Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Staindrop Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Aidan'S Crescent | Under investigation |
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