Total Crime Rate
216.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cowell Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Horden , and the 222nd 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 Cowell Street (SR8 4NH) in the last 12 months was 216.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowell Street (SR8 4NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warren Street, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ninth Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horden| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tenth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tees Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hudson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Handley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Handley Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ninth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ninth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Handley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Handley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Handley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Handley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tees Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Burden Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edendale Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warren Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warren Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warren Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Warren Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warren Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Twelfth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Twelfth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Twelfth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Eleventh Street | Under investigation |
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