Total Crime Rate

91.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 33.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Beech Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Harrowgate Hill , and the 149th 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 Beech Road (DL1 3HQ) in the last 12 months was 91.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Road (DL1 3HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Cloverdale. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beech Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Troon Avenue —
Apr 2026Other theft Stonehaven Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gatehouse Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gatehouse Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gatehouse Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fotheringhay Drive Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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