Total Crime Rate

42.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

14.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 42.6 4/10
  • Violent crimes 14.2 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.4 3/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Public order 2.8 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.8 2/10
  • 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mountsett area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Burnopfield and Dipton , and the 490th lowest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mountsett (NE16 6AZ) in the last 12 months was 42.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% lower than the Burnopfield and Dipton average (58.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Mountsett area

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Data Sources

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