Total Crime Rate
674.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
252.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastmount Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the 7th highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eastmount Road (DL1 1LE) in the last 12 months was 674.4 per 1,000 residents and was 976.0% higher than the College average (62.7 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 Robbery with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 252.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastmount Road (DL1 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near John Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lambton Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dundee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dundee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | East Mount Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | John Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weir Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesnut Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dundee Street | Under investigation |
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