Total Crime Rate

235.5 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 235.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.3 10/10
  • Other crime 12.9 10/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Taylor Square area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Woodhouse Close , and the 194th 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 Taylor Square (DL14 6RA) in the last 12 months was 235.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.2% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (β‰ˆ 129.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Taylor Square (DL14 6RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Weardale Drive, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Douthwaite Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Taylor Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Woodhouse Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Taylor Square β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Luke'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Walker Drive β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walker Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheesmond Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheesmond Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gudmunsen Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Archer Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Archer Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snowdon Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snowdon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Snowdon Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Richardson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weardale Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodhouse Lane β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lusby Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lusby Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Woodhouse Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Douthwaite Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Douthwaite Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Weardale Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowther Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richardson Avenue β€”

Data Sources

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