Total Crime Rate
273.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Aged Miners Homes area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dawdon , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Aged Miners Homes (SR7 7RE) in the last 12 months was 273.6 per 1,000 residents and was 112.7% higher than the Dawdon average (128.6 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 150.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aged Miners Homes (SR7 7RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fox Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Margaret Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dawdon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawdon Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rainton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Longnewton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chaplin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fox Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maglona Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stavordale Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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