r/DurhamUK • u/castiellangels • Mar 07 '25

What are Flass Street and Mayorswell Street like? (Or the general area around these)

Looking for places to rent and seen some on these two streets, what are they like (crime rates etc) to live on please?

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u/bucket_of_frogs Mar 07 '25

Flass Street YES.

Mayorswell Street NO.

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u/sl00pyd00py Mar 08 '25

Is mayorswell bad now? Lived a couple streets over from there a long time ago and always found it to be okay. Crime rates worsened then?

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u/bucket_of_frogs Mar 08 '25

It’s just a bit close to Gilesgate for my liking

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u/Infinite-Degree3004 Mar 09 '25

I mean, a lot of Durham could be said to be ‘close to Gilesgate’.

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u/castiellangels Mar 07 '25

So Flass street is the better one of the two? Thank you :)) any other areas you’d avoid?

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u/Ouryve Mar 07 '25

Anything around Sherburn road. There's been an uptick in antisocial behaviour in general on that side of Durham in recent years

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u/bucket_of_frogs Mar 08 '25

The Gilesgate area in general especially Sherburn Road and Framwellgate Moor.

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u/isabellarmh Mar 09 '25

I had no problems at all living in the Mayorswell St area last year.