Crime Rates at Lime Road, Ferryhill, DL17 8DN

Lime Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bishop Middleham and Cornforth , and the 184th 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 Lime Road (DL17 8DN) in the last 12 months was 240.2 per 1,000 residents and was 189.2% higher than the Bishop Middleham and Cornforth average (83.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 126.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Road (DL17 8DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willow Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.