Total Crime Rate
217.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norwich 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.
View Crime In Willington and Hunwick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Canterbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chester Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chester Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rockingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canterbury Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Canterbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dovedale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Masefield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wareham Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wareham Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewthwaite Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dovedale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewthwaite Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lewthwaite Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Richardson Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Court | — |
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