Total Crime Rate

605.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 605.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 239.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 140.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 84.5 10/10
  • Public order 32.9 10/10
  • Drugs 28.2 10/10
  • Other crime 23.5 10/10
  • Other theft 23.5 10/10
  • Burglary 18.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 7/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Warren Square area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Horden , and the 40th highest crime rate of 1,724 local areas in County Durham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Warren Square (SR8 4JE) in the last 12 months was 605.6 per 1,000 residents and was 244.3% higher than the Horden average (175.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 178.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warren Square (SR8 4JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hardwick Street, where police recorded 203 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burden Court (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Warren Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Seventh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ninth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hudson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Handley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Handley Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Handley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twelfth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ninth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Burden Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tees Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edendale Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warren Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warren Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Warren Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warren Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Tenth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Eleventh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Twelfth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hudson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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