Total Crime Rate
109.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harrison Crescent area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Woodhouse Close , and the 593rd 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 Harrison Crescent (DL14 6TW) in the last 12 months was 109.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% lower than the Woodhouse Close average (147.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harrison Crescent (DL14 6TW), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 215 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Woodhouse Close| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lusby Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheesmond Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheesmond Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Luke'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shipley Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lusby Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weardale Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gudmunsen Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Richardson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Avenue | β |
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