Total Crime Rate
159.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Salters Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Aycliffe East , and the 390th highest crime rate of 1,720 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 Salters Lane (TS21 3EE) in the last 12 months was 159.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% higher than the Aycliffe East average (158.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 45.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 75.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salters Lane (TS21 3EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hospital, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hamminkeln Place (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sedgefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamminkeln Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salters Lane | — |
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