Total Crime Rate

175.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 175.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Burglary 16.7 10/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Hackworth Industrial Park area has the 14th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Shildon and Dene Valley , and the 312th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hackworth Industrial Park (DL4 1HG) in the last 12 months was 175.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% higher than the Shildon and Dene Valley average (172.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 94.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hackworth Industrial Park (DL4 1HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ruby Street, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hackworth Industrial Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Oxford Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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