Total Crime Rate

299.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.6 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 299.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 92.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 87.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 73.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.3 10/10
  • Public order 27.7 10/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wesley Street 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 Wesley Street (DL15 9HH) 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 Wesley Street (DL15 9HH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wesley Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs High Hope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Croft Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Croft Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Orchard Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Orchard Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Foundry Fields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery St Mary'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Calvert Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order B6298 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Croft Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Croft Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Commercial Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Arthur Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Emmerson Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Emmerson Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Emmerson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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