Total Crime Rate

225.4 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 225.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 63.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.2 10/10
  • Public order 21.1 9/10
  • Burglary 14.1 9/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grass Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Harrowgate Hill , and the 55th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Darlington .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grass Street (DL1 2HJ) in the last 12 months was 225.4 per 1,000 residents and was 224.2% higher than the Harrowgate Hill average (69.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (β‰ˆ 91.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 102.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grass Street (DL1 2HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Charles Street, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Henry Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grass Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Shildon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Gurney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charles Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Havelock Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Havelock Street β€”
Sep 2025Public order Edmund Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wales Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wales Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Havelock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Henry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stephen Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gurney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charles Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gurney Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Henry Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldam Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aldam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrew'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Richard Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charles Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Albert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Albert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Short Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Short Close β€”

Data Sources

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