Total Crime Rate
388.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
208.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Webb Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dawdon , and the 83rd 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 Webb Avenue (SR7 9EJ) in the last 12 months was 388.4 per 1,000 residents and was 167.8% 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 208.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Webb Avenue (SR7 9EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Lansbury Drive. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Murton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burnip Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansbury Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansbury Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Webb Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Webb Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webb Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webb Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burnip Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shinwell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watkin Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Watkin Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Watkin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Watkin Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watkin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watkin Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lansbury Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shinwell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shinwell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shinwell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shinwell Terrace | Under investigation |
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