Total Crime Rate

755.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 755.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 255.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 179.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 70.7 10/10
  • Public order 59.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.4 10/10
  • Other theft 48.9 10/10
  • Burglary 32.6 10/10
  • Drugs 27.2 10/10
  • Other crime 16.3 10/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

The Grove area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Blackhalls , and the 24th 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 The Grove (TS27 4LF) in the last 12 months was 755.4 per 1,000 residents and was 422.1% higher than the Blackhalls average (144.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 244.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Grove (TS27 4LF), the main crime hotspot is near A1086. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ninth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hackworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson First Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fifth Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ninth Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1086 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ninth Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Third Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Third Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Third Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Third Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Third Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1086 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Third Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A1086 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eighth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Second Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A1086 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Second Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Second Street —
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Data Sources

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