Total Crime Rate
176.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Proudfoot Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Woodhouse Close , and the 306th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Proudfoot Drive (DL14 6PB) in the last 12 months was 176.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.3% higher than the Woodhouse Close average (147.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 92.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Proudfoot Drive (DL14 6PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coney Avenue, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Price Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woodhouse Close| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Douthwaite Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Walker Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walker Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Douthwaite Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Archer Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brooklands | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dilks Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coney Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowther Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Close | Under investigation |
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