Total Crime Rate
145.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Braemar Terrace area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Horden , and the 453rd 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 Braemar Terrace (SR8 4EP) in the last 12 months was 145.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower than the Horden average (185.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Braemar Terrace (SR8 4EP), the main crime hotspot is near Sixth Street. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Horden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Claxton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotsford Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rogers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ocean View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Murray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beach Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beach Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beach Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hawthorne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotsford Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sixth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dene Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotsford Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sixth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Claxton Street | Under investigation |
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