Total Crime Rate

128.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 13.9 6/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ringwood Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Dunston , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 357 local areas in Chesterfield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ringwood Avenue (S41 8QR) in the last 12 months was 128.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% higher than the Dunston average (104.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 786.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ringwood Avenue (S41 8QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cranborne Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ringwood Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Kendal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ringwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landsdowne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cranborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Littlemoor Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blandford Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ringwood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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