Total Crime Rate

1174.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

367.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1174.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 367.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 307.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 279.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 258.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 122.4 10/10
  • Public order 66.4 10/10
  • Other theft 59.4 10/10
  • Other crime 21.0 10/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Robbery 14.0 9/10
  • Drugs 10.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 10.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wear Street area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dawdon , and the 8th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Wear Street (SR7 7ER) in the last 12 months was 1174.8 per 1,000 residents and was 710.1% higher than the Dawdon average (145.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 105 (≈ 367.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wear Street (SR7 7ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wear Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Wear Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/57)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wear Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wear Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wear Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wear Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wear Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tyne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tyne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wear Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Tees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Tees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Adelaide Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Adelaide Row —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Blandford Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wear Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blandford Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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