Total Crime Rate

150.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

78.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 150.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 78.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.6 9/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.6 6/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

East Cliff Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dawdon , and the 421st highest crime rate of 1,720 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 East Cliff Road (SR7 7PS) in the last 12 months was 150.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% higher than the Dawdon average (145.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 78.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Cliff Road (SR7 7PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Cliff Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in East Cliff Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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