Total Crime Rate

266.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 266.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 161.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.2 10/10
  • Burglary 12.1 9/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • 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
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 Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Shildon and Dene Valley , and the 160th 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 Hackworth Road (DL4 1LX) in the last 12 months was 266.1 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 40 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 11 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hackworth Road (DL4 1LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Central Parade, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hackworth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jubilee Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jubilee Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cedar Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cedar Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birch Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windsor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windsor Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mafeking Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Central Parade —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Soho Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Central Parade —
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Data Sources

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