Total Crime Rate
369.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scargill area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bank Top & Lascelles , and the 21st 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 Scargill (DL1 4UP) in the last 12 months was 369.1 per 1,000 residents and was 170.3% higher than the Bank Top & Lascelles average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (β 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scargill (DL1 4UP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Scargill, where police recorded 61 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 | Cliffe Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliffe Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mickleton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mickleton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grinton Park Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mickleton Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mickleton Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scargill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scargill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scargill | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Court | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Starmer Crescent | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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