Total Crime Rate
235.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Taylor 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Woodhouse Close| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Woodhouse Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Taylor Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Luke'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Walker Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Walker Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheesmond Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheesmond Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gudmunsen Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Archer Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowdon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowdon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Snowdon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Richardson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weardale Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodhouse Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lusby Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lusby Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Woodhouse Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Douthwaite Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Douthwaite Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Weardale Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowther Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Avenue | β |
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