Total Crime Rate
982.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Ferryhill , and the 13th 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 High Street (DL16 6BB) in the last 12 months was 982.0 per 1,000 residents and was 542.9% higher than the Ferryhill average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -43.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 347.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (DL16 6BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 82 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dundas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | James Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickens Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | James Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Craddock Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Craddock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Craddock Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dundas Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | James Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickens Street | — |
| 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 | Robbery | Dickens Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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