Total Crime Rate
385.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025New Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Crook , and the 77th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around New Road (DL15 8ND) in the last 12 months was 385.1 per 1,000 residents and was 243.3% higher than the Crook average (112.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 116.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Road (DL15 8ND), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Crook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nelson Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emmerson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emmerson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Emmerson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Emmerson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmerson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenfield Cottages | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Croft Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nelson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
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