Total Crime Rate
90.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Aclet Close area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Woodhouse Close , and the 728th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Aclet Close (DL14 6PX) in the last 12 months was 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aclet Close (DL14 6PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cosgrove Avenue (16 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 | Public order | Lime Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mary'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brooklands | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coney Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Watling Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Short Street | — |
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