Total Crime Rate

84.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Market Place area has the 4th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Weardale , and the 790th 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 Market Place (DL13 3AF) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 100.8% higher than the Weardale average (42.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Market Place (DL13 3AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A689, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wesley View (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Market Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A689 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A689 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside —
Sep 2025Other theft Riverside Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Riverside Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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