Total Crime Rate

217.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

98.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 217.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 98.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.1 10/10
  • Other crime 21.1 10/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Drugs 10.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Norwich Gardens area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Coundon , and the 226th 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 Norwich Gardens (DL15 0PY) in the last 12 months was 217.5 per 1,000 residents and was 96.4% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -6.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 98.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwich Gardens (DL15 0PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dovedale Avenue, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lewthwaite Gardens (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norwich Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Canterbury Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rockingham Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Masefield Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robinson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chester Drive
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chester Drive
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rockingham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rockingham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Canterbury Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ripon Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Canterbury Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dovedale Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dovedale Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Moorland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ripon Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Masefield Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wareham Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dovedale Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wareham Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lewthwaite Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dovedale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lewthwaite Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lewthwaite Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Richardson Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Richardson Court

Data Sources

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