Total Crime Rate
418.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
188.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burnhope Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Passfield , and the 71st highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burnhope Way (SR8 1NT) in the last 12 months was 418.5 per 1,000 residents and was 357.3% higher 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 188.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burnhope Way (SR8 1NT), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 305 crimes here, including 100 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surtees Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surtees Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Surtees Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Surtees Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brandlings Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brandlings Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burnside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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