Total Crime Rate
4647.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025East Street area has the highest crime rate of 62 local areas in College , and the 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 East Street (DL1 1PN) in the last 12 months was 4647.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6064.5% higher than the College average (75.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 416 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 9 cases , up 28.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -39.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 585 (≈ 1875.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Street (DL1 1PN), the main crime hotspot is near East Row. Police recorded 435 crimes here, including 193 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In College| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | East Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brunswick Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Houndgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Houndgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Houndgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Houndgate | Under investigation |
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