Total Crime Rate
170.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Neville Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Passfield , and the 345th 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 Neville Road (SR8 2AG) in the last 12 months was 170.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 112.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Neville Road (SR8 2AG), the main crime hotspot is near Basingstoke Road. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnhope Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colston Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colston Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newark Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newark Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basingstoke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montfalcon Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newark Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Newark Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springbank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kemp Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kemp Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gilbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Road | Under investigation |
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