Total Crime Rate

42.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

16.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 42.4 4/10
  • Violent crimes 16.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 16.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dormand Drive area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Passfield , and the 457th lowest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dormand Drive (SR8 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 42.4 per 1,000 residents and was 53.7% lower than the Passfield average (91.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dormand Drive (SR8 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sunny Blunts, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lindisfarne (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Dormand Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sunny Blunts Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Sunny Blunts Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunny Blunts Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Sunny Blunts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sunny Blunts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sunny Blunts Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanhope Chase
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sunny Blunts

Data Sources

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