Total Crime Rate

107.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

59.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 107.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 59.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lowhills Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Passfield , and the 664th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Lowhills Road (SR8 2DJ) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowhills Road (SR8 2DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Garside Grove. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Lowhills Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Warwick Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northumberland Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Nottingham Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Huntingdon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Buckingham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Olaman Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Garside Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Garside Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garside Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Nottingham Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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