Crime Rates at Festival Walk, Spennymoor, DL16 6AB

Festival Walk area has the 5th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Ferryhill , and the 51st 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 Festival Walk (DL16 6AB) in the last 12 months was 512.4 per 1,000 residents and was 235.5% higher than the Ferryhill average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 132.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Festival Walk (DL16 6AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 154 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickens Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.