Crime Rates at Ninth Street, Peterlee, SR8 4LZ

Ninth Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Horden , and the 100th highest crime rate of 1,724 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 Ninth Street (SR8 4LZ) in the last 12 months was 333.3 per 1,000 residents and was 89.5% higher than the Horden average (175.9 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 425.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 170.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 360.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ninth Street (SR8 4LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hardwick Street, where police recorded 203 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sixth Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.