Total Crime Rate
94.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burn Terrace area has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Spennymoor , and the 741st 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 Burn Terrace (DL16 6DS) in the last 12 months was 94.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% lower than the Spennymoor average (114.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burn Terrace (DL16 6DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bishop'S Close (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bowes Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheapside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheapside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bryan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Vue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bishop'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bishop'S Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bishop'S Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop'S Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thompson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thompson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thompson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thompson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyne Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tyne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tyne Crescent | Under investigation |
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