Total Crime Rate

82.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 60.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.1 8/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dean Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bishop Middleham and Cornforth , and the 824th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Dean Road (DL17 8EP) in the last 12 months was 82.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% higher than the Bishop Middleham and Cornforth average (68.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dean Road (DL17 8EP), the main crime hotspot is near Kitchener Terrace. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dean Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beech Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broom Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Beech Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broomside Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gordon Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kitchener Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Dean Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kitchener Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kitchener Terrace —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dean Park Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broom Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Broom Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Broom Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Dean Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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