Total Crime Rate

564.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 564.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 164.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 133.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 118.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.1 10/10
  • Public order 25.6 10/10
  • Other crime 15.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

This area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chilton , and the 43rd 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 This (DL17 0HE) in the last 12 months was 564.1 per 1,000 residents and was 279.5% higher than the Chilton average (148.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 64.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 107.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode DL17 0HE, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norman Terrace, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keats Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in DL17 0HE area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Chilton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Miners Court —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ford Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norman Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ruby Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ruby Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Under investigation
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