Total Crime Rate
512.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Jackson Street 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 Jackson Street (DL16 6AQ) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Jackson Street (DL16 6AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cheapside, where police recorded 91 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.
View Crime In Ferryhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishop'S Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Deneside | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Clarence Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dickens Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cheapside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dickens Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dickens Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dickens Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dickens Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickens Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickens Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickens Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickens Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickens Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheapside | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ox Close Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | β |
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