Total Crime Rate

84.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

York Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Passfield , and the 782nd 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 York Road (SR8 2DH) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Road (SR8 2DH), the main crime hotspot is near Garside Grove. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in York Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Garside Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barsloan Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northampton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garside Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garside Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acre Rigg Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garside Grove —
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Data Sources

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