Crime Rates at Gurney Street, Darlington, DL1 2HR

Gurney Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Harrowgate Hill , and the 15th 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 Gurney Street (DL1 2HR) in the last 12 months was 435.8 per 1,000 residents and was 560.7% higher than the Harrowgate Hill average (66.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -93.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 155.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gurney Street (DL1 2HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Denmark Street, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wales Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.