Total Crime Rate

43.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 43.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Rose Cottages area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Barnard Castle East , and the 483rd lowest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rose Cottages (DL12 0SZ) in the last 12 months was 43.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% lower than the Barnard Castle East average (61.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rose Cottages (DL12 0SZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Town End, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near California Row (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rose Cottages area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leekworth Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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