Total Crime Rate

80.5 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 80.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Morpeth Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Easington , and the 817th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Morpeth Street (SR8 4BE) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 47.2% lower than the Easington average (152.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Morpeth Street (SR8 4BE), the main crime hotspot is near Sunderland Road. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Morpeth Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newcastle Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Warkworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Alnwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sunderland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alnwick Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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