Total Crime Rate

107.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 107.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Hickstead Rise area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aycliffe North and Middridge , and the 606th 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 Hickstead Rise (DL5 4TP) in the last 12 months was 107.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% higher than the Aycliffe North and Middridge average (79.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 433.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 219.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hickstead Rise (DL5 4TP), the main crime hotspot is near Brancepeth Close. Police recorded 8 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Aycliffe North and Middridge

Crime Over Time in Hickstead Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hind Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chillingham Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hind Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hind Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Raby Drive —
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Data Sources

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