Total Crime Rate

73.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 73.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Yarm Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bank Top & Lascelles , and the 180th lowest crime rate of 363 local areas in Darlington .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yarm Road (DL1 1EB) in the last 12 months was 73.9 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% lower than the Bank Top & Lascelles average (141.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yarm Road (DL1 1EB), the main crime hotspot is near Rocket Street. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yarm Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B6280 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Louisa Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bright Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bright Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St John'S Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rennie Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thomas Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King William Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King William Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft King William Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickinson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dickinson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rocket Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trevithick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rocket Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brunton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rocket Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dinsdale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dinsdale Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dinsdale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dinsdale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rocket Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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