Total Crime Rate
299.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Royal Grove area has the 8th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Crook , and the 125th 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 Royal Grove (DL15 9ER) in the last 12 months was 299.5 per 1,000 residents and was 146.6% higher than the Crook average (121.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 5.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 87.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Royal Grove (DL15 9ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wilson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Arthur Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arthur Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park Avenue Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Mary'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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