Total Crime Rate

187.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 187.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.4 9/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Other crime 13.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Stafford Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Passfield , and the 283rd highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Stafford Place (SR8 2EL) in the last 12 months was 187.3 per 1,000 residents and was 148.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stafford Place (SR8 2EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chester Place, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warwick Place (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Stafford Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheviot Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warwick Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chester Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Chester Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chester Place Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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