Total Crime Rate

98.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.8 8/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Welbeck Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Haughton & Springfield , and the 146th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Darlington .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Welbeck Avenue (DL1 2DR) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% higher than the Haughton & Springfield average (76.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 550.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 325.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welbeck Avenue (DL1 2DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rose Lane, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Feetham Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Welbeck Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Bangor Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bangor Grove —
Sep 2025Public order Feetham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Leicester Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Southwell Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Southwell Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canterbury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lincoln Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Feetham Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gouldsmith Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jesmond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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