Total Crime Rate
246.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tunstall Terrace area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Bank Top & Lascelles , and the 46th highest crime rate of 363 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 Tunstall Terrace (DL1 4XH) in the last 12 months was 246.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% higher than the Bank Top & Lascelles average (141.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (β 98.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tunstall Terrace (DL1 4XH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Claremont Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Headlam Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bank Top & Lascelles| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Falmer Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Neasham Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Headlam Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Claremont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Langdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripon Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lewes Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Skeeby Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Skeeby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lewes Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tebay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Bakers | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lowther Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Streatlam Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Streatlam Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belgrave Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowther Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coxwold Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brighton Road | β |
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