Total Crime Rate

449.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 449.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 134.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 115.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 56.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.6 10/10
  • Public order 39.3 10/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 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

Beck Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Passfield , and the 66th 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 Beck Place (SR8 2AB) in the last 12 months was 449.4 per 1,000 residents and was 495.0% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 177.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beck Place (SR8 2AB), the main crime hotspot is near Burnside. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beck Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Beck Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Springbank Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gilbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newark Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunelm Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howletch Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Basingstoke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Basingstoke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemp Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Essington Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Burnside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Burnside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Burnside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burnside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burnside —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kemp Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newark Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newark Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montfalcon Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Neville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essington Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

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