Total Crime Rate

151.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.4 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 151.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 81.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.3 8/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gray Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dawdon , and the 420th highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gray Avenue (SR7 9PY) in the last 12 months was 151.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gray Avenue (SR7 9PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lansbury Drive, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Knaresborough Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gray Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knaresborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Watkin Crescent —
Apr 2026Drugs Henry Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Henry Street South —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lansbury Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansbury Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansbury Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Webb Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Webb Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Webb Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Faraday Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stephenson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Burnip Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Burnip Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Webb Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Watkin Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Denewood —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Watkin Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knaresborough Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Watkin Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Knaresborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watkin Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Denewood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watkin Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knaresborough Road —
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Data Sources

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