Total Crime Rate

273.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 273.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 88.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.4 10/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Holyhead Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dawdon , and the 153rd 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 Holyhead Close (SR7 8DB) in the last 12 months was 273.5 per 1,000 residents and was 112.6% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 105.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holyhead Close (SR7 8DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eastdene Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Holyhead Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eskdale Close
Sep 2025Other crime Ryton Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Essex Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eastlea Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holyhead Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ryton Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Dawlish Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Essex Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Ellesmere Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastdene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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