Total Crime Rate

184.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 184.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Low Dyke Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sedgefield , and the 292nd highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Low Dyke Street (TS29 6LN) in the last 12 months was 184.9 per 1,000 residents and was 177.7% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 87.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Low Dyke Street (TS29 6LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Commercial Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Paul'S Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Low Dyke Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commercial Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawson'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Paul'S Road —
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Data Sources

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