Crime Rates at Durham Road, Spennymoor, DL16 6JN

Durham Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Spennymoor , and the 806th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Durham Road (DL16 6JN) in the last 12 months was 81.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% lower than the Spennymoor average (119.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Durham Road (DL16 6JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cheapside (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.