Total Crime Rate

286.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

167.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 286.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 167.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 145.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.0 9/10
  • Public order 22.0 9/10
  • Other theft 17.6 9/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Borough Road 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 Borough Road (DL1 1SR) 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 Borough Road (DL1 1SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Place (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Borough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/32)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chesnut Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Dundee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Upper Russell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Borough Road —
Apr 2026Public order Middleton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Melland Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dundee Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dundee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sanderson Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street North —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sanderson Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sanderson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Weir Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Drugs Upper Russell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Steeplejack Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Upper Russell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Freeman'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Park Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Melland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street North Further action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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