Total Crime Rate
435.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
198.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Green Street area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bank Top & Lascelles , and the 16th highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .
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 Green Street (DL1 1HJ) in the last 12 months was 435.6 per 1,000 residents and was 219.0% higher than the Bank Top & Lascelles average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (β 198.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Green Street (DL1 1HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St John'S Crescent, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wesley Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Melland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St John'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St John'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garbutt Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King William Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wesley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wesley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wesley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rennie Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brunton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadowsweet Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melland Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sanderson Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sanderson Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sanderson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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