Total Crime Rate
308.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
132.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grainger Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Park East , and the 28th 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 Grainger Street (DL1 5EQ) in the last 12 months was 308.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% higher than the Park East average (290.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 132.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grainger Street (DL1 5EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsbury Mews, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Lane (16 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 | Back Greenwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaucer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Greenwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Mews | — |
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