Total Crime Rate
105.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Hope Street area has the 39th highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Crook , and the 672nd 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 High Hope Street (DL15 9JA) in the last 12 months was 105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% lower than the Crook average (121.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 66.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Hope Street (DL15 9JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hope Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Street | — |
| 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 | Other theft | Wilson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B6298 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B6298 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calvert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park Avenue Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | B6298 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Mary'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lishman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lishman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lishman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lishman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foundry Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
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