Total Crime Rate

152.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 152.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 98.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

This area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Hurworth , and the 91st 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 This (DL2 1BL) in the last 12 months was 152.3 per 1,000 residents and was 131.0% higher than the Hurworth average (65.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode DL2 1BL, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mount Pleasant Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorntree Gardens (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in DL2 1BL area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorntree Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodlands Green —
Sep 2025Other theft Thorntree Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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