Crime in DH2 2HR
How much crime is recorded in DH2 2HR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Chester-le-Street North
- Council
- County Durham
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,501 (2024)
DH2 2HRChester le Street
How safe is DH2 2HR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 31.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DH2 2HR area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.