Total Crime Rate

88.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Whingrove Close area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Blackhalls , and the 745th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whingrove Close (TS28 5LL) in the last 12 months was 88.9 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% lower than the Blackhalls average (144.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 116.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whingrove Close (TS28 5LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ingram Way (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whingrove Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Quin Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dodds Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dodds Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingram Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dobson Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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