Total Crime Rate

310.1 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 310.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 145.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 69.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.7 10/10
  • Public order 25.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Wordsworth Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chilton , and the 118th 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 Wordsworth Road (DL17 0HU) in the last 12 months was 310.1 per 1,000 residents and was 108.6% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 170.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 606.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (DL17 0HU), 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 Wordsworth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Public order Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norman Terrace —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ford Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norman Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ash Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ash Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station 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 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
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