Total Crime Rate

86.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 40.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Park Parade area has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Spennymoor , and the 793rd highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Park Parade (DL16 6AN) in the last 12 months was 86.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.9% lower than the Spennymoor average (114.9 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 40.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Parade (DL16 6AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near James Street, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rosa Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Park Parade area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Dundas Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Villiers Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Villiers Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Villiers Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Villiers Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dundas Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Thomas Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Stratton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jubilee Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stratton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Dickens Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dickens Street —
Apr 2026Public order Ox Close Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour North Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ox Close Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ox Close Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ox Close Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Thomas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rosa Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dundas Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dundas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dundas Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dundas Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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