Total Crime Rate

298.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 298.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.9 10/10
  • Burglary 27.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.3 10/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

James Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Annfield Plain , and the 124th 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 James Street (DH9 9EJ) in the last 12 months was 298.3 per 1,000 residents and was 151.4% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 320.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 125.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around James Street (DH9 9EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Pontopsyde. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in James Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pontopsyde Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pontopsyde —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pikesyde —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pontopsyde —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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