Crime Rates at Browning Close, Stanley, DH9 6UE

Browning Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Stanley , and the 588th highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Browning Close (DH9 6UE) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% lower than the Stanley average (117.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 76.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Browning Close (DH9 6UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Masefield Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keats Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.