Total Crime Rate

125.0 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle 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

Hawes Place area has the 17th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aycliffe North and Middridge , and the 515th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Hawes Place (DL5 7ED) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 59.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawes Place (DL5 7ED), the main crime hotspot is near Hawkshead Place. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hawes Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rylstone Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Airton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkshead Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawkshead Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawkshead Place —
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Data Sources

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