Total Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sorrel Close area has the 26th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Harrowgate Hill , and the 158th highest crime rate of 359 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 Sorrel Close (DL1 3FD) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% higher than the Harrowgate Hill average (66.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sorrel Close (DL1 3FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glebe Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Celandine Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poppy Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poppy Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poppy Close | — |
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