Crime in DL17 0HD
How much crime is recorded in DL17 0HD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Chilton
- Council
- County Durham
- Region
- North East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,684 (2024)
DL17 0HDFerryhill
How safe is DL17 0HD
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 33.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DL17 0HD area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 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
It has risen 88% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.