Total Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lindsay Walk area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Ferryhill , and the 418th lowest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lindsay Walk (DL16 7WD) in the last 12 months was 39.0 per 1,000 residents and was 75.5% lower than the Ferryhill average (159.1 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lindsay Walk (DL16 7WD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Faraday Close, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Pleasant Court (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Pleasant Court | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Faraday Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Faraday Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Half Moon Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mount Pleasant Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mount Pleasant Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mount Pleasant Court | Under investigation |
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