Total Crime Rate
220.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Milton Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bank Top & Lascelles , and the 54th 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 Milton Street (DL1 4ET) in the last 12 months was 220.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% higher than the Bank Top & Lascelles average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (β 115.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milton Street (DL1 4ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mickleton Close, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Keats Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilling Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilling Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Melsonby Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Melsonby Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliffe Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilling Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilling Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mickleton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mickleton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mickleton Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mickleton Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Court | β |
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