Total Crime Rate
166.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brockett Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Aycliffe North and Middridge , and the 339th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brockett Close (DL5 7NN) in the last 12 months was 166.2 per 1,000 residents and was 109.5% 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 Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 73.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brockett Close (DL5 7NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Agnew Way (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aycliffe North and Middridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Burn Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bates Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ida Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sid Chaplin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sid Chaplin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sid Chaplin Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sid Chaplin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sid Chaplin Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sid Chaplin Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sid Chaplin Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sid Chaplin Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ida Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bates Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kings Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kestrel Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Blossom Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kestrel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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