Crime Rates at Middleton Street, Darlington, DL1 1SL

Middleton Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the 31st 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 Middleton Street (DL1 1SL) in the last 12 months was 286.3 per 1,000 residents and was 356.8% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 167.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middleton Street (DL1 1SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.