Total Crime Rate
273.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025East Parade area has the 5th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Aycliffe East , and the 154th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around East Parade (TS21 3AX) in the last 12 months was 273.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% higher than the Aycliffe East average (159.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Parade (TS21 3AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Butterwick Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aycliffe East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Garth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmunds Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crispin Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
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