Total Crime Rate

113.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 113.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.2 6/10
  • Public order 18.3 9/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Murphy Crescent area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Woodhouse Close , and the 572nd 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 Murphy Crescent (DL14 6QH) in the last 12 months was 113.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% lower than the Woodhouse Close average (147.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Murphy Crescent (DL14 6QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coney Avenue, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brough Grove (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Murphy Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Woodhouse Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowther Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Douthwaite Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Douthwaite Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodhouse Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coney Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Taylor Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Mary'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Morpeth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowes Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Woodhouse Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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