Total Crime Rate
260.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Killinghall Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in North Road , and the 37th highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Killinghall Street (DL1 2NE) in the last 12 months was 260.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% higher than the North Road average (206.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 139.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Killinghall Street (DL1 2NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barton Street, where police recorded 91 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (38 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 | The Sidings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Sidings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Engine House Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Engine House Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Engine House Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Engine House Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Church Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Engine House Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lucknow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nestfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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