Crime in DH8 0TH
How much crime is recorded in DH8 0TH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Benfieldside, Hamsterley & Medomsley
- Council
- County Durham
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,913 (2024)
DH8 0THConsett
How safe is DH8 0TH
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DH8 0TH area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 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.