Total Crime Rate

84.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.2 6/10
  • Public order 24.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meadow Cottages area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Crook , and the 785th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Meadow Cottages (DL15 9HZ) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% lower than the Crook average (112.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 52.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow Cottages (DL15 9HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Meadow Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nelson Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nelson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Percy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime High Hope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hope Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B6298 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B6298 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Park Avenue Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wilson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lishman Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hope Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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