Total Crime Rate

236.9 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 236.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 64.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.3 8/10
  • Public order 21.5 9/10
  • Other crime 12.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 9/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wellfield Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dawdon , and the 192nd 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 Wellfield Road (SR7 9HN) in the last 12 months was 236.9 per 1,000 residents and was 84.2% higher than the Dawdon average (128.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 73.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellfield Road (SR7 9HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wetherburn Avenue, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stephens Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wellfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wetherburn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wellfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stephens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stephens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wetherburn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wetherburn Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wetherburn Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wetherburn Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gregson Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wellfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Crescent —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shinwell Terrace —
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Data Sources

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