Total Crime Rate

96.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Durham Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chilton , and the 668th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Durham Road (DL17 0EX) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.9% lower than the Chilton average (148.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Durham Road (DL17 0EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norman Terrace, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Durham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ford Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Miners Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norman Terrace —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norman Terrace Under investigation
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Data Sources

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