Total Crime Rate
346.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hundens Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 31 local areas in North Road , and the 21st highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Darlington .
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 Hundens Lane (DL1 1JL) in the last 12 months was 346.6 per 1,000 residents and was 62.3% higher than the North Road average (213.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 157.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hundens Lane (DL1 1JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Grove (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In North Road| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowsweet Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Church Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wolsingham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St James Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Meadowsweet Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Prescott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexander Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westgarth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Barton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Barton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Iris Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Water Lily Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | John Williams Boulevard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowsweet Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westgarth Terrace | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prescott Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Allan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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