Total Crime Rate

300.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

123.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 300.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 123.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 36.9 8/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Auckland Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Crook , and the 125th 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 West Auckland Road (DL14 9TW) in the last 12 months was 300.7 per 1,000 residents and was 162.3% higher than the Crook average (114.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 109.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 123.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Auckland Road (DL14 9TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A6072, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dent Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Auckland Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Dent Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences A6072 Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Other crime A6072 Awaiting court outcome
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson A6072 Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Dent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Dent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Vehicle crime Dilks Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour A6072 —
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson A6072 Under investigation
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson A6072 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Shoplifting A6072 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson A6072 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson A6072 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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