Total Crime Rate

1313.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

154.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 1313.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 468.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 448.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 154.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 79.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 67.5 10/10
  • Public order 59.5 10/10
  • Other theft 39.7 10/10
  • Burglary 19.8 10/10
  • Drugs 19.8 10/10
  • Other crime 11.9 10/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • 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

Low Skerningham Lane area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Brinkburn & Faverdale , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Low Skerningham Lane (DL1 3JA) in the last 12 months was 1313.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1396.7% higher than the Brinkburn & Faverdale average (87.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 154.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Data Sources

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