Total Crime Rate
67.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yarm Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bank Top & Lascelles , and the 168th lowest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Yarm Road (DL1 1XE) in the last 12 months was 67.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% lower than the Bank Top & Lascelles average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yarm Road (DL1 1XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dinsdale Crescent, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Mead (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplar Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haven Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Poplar Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Poplar Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsdale Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haven Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larkspur Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingfisher Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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