Total Crime Rate
289.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambridge Court area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Woodhouse Close , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Cambridge Court (DL14 9SR) in the last 12 months was 289.6 per 1,000 residents and was 82.1% higher than the Woodhouse Close average (159.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 119.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Court (DL14 9SR), the main crime hotspot is near Dent Street. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boddy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowther Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gudmunsen Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gudmunsen Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gudmunsen Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Archer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boddy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dilks Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dilks Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Snowdon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Price Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Price Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snowdon Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dilks Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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