Crime Rates at Briar Gardens, Crook, DL15 9LT

Briar Gardens area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 93 local areas in Crook , and the 589th highest crime rate of 1,720 local areas in County Durham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Briar Gardens (DL15 9LT) in the last 12 months was 117.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% lower than the Crook average (121.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Briar Gardens (DL15 9LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maple Crescent, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sycamore Gardens (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.