Total Crime Rate

112.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 112.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 8.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Butterwick Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sedgefield , and the 574th 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 Butterwick Road (TS21 4AP) in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 69.6% higher than the Sedgefield average (66.6 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -94.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Butterwick Road (TS21 4AP), the main crime hotspot is near Beechwood Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Butterwick Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorside Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorside Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stone Cross —
Sep 2025Other crime Stone Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechwood Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other crime Sycamore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beechwood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brockwell Close —
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Data Sources

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