Total Crime Rate
146.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rosewood area has the 12th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chilton , and the 409th 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 Rosewood (DL17 0JW) in the last 12 months was 146.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower than the Chilton average (148.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -73.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -73.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 264.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosewood (DL17 0JW), 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.
View Crime In Chilton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Miners Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ford Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Chilton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Norman Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Norman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Norman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norman Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Norman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ash Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Norman Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
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