Total Crime Rate

233.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

88.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Latest update: 03.05.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 233.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 88.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 76.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.5 9/10
  • Public order 21.6 9/10
  • Burglary 11.8 9/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitehouse Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Shotton and South Hetton , and the 204th highest crime rate of 1,714 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 Whitehouse Way (SR8 2RA) in the last 12 months was 233.8 per 1,000 residents and was 121.7% higher than the Shotton and South Hetton average (105.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 2.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 88.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehouse Way (SR8 2RA), the main crime hotspot is near Shotton Road. Police recorded 3 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitehouse Way area

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Data Sources

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