Total Crime Rate

76.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fairfield Walk area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Coundon , and the 850th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairfield Walk (DL15 0NT) in the last 12 months was 76.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% lower than the Coundon average (103.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairfield Walk (DL15 0NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Street, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Saxby Drive (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fairfield Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxby Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bridge Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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