Crime Rates at Helford Road, Peterlee, SR8 1ES

Helford Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Passfield , and the 330th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Helford Road (SR8 1ES) in the last 12 months was 169.2 per 1,000 residents and was 124.1% higher than the Passfield average (75.5 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 101.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Helford Road (SR8 1ES), the main crime hotspot is near Medway Close. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.