Total Crime Rate
153.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laburnum Gardens area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Coundon , and the 406th 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 Laburnum Gardens (DL15 0DB) in the last 12 months was 153.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% higher than the Coundon average (110.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 101.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laburnum Gardens (DL15 0DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brockwell Court, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ash Drive (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Willington and Hunwick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ash Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brockwell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brockwell Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brockwell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Avenue | Under investigation |
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