Total Crime Rate

338.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 338.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 203.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.4 9/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Other crime 1.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hubback Square area has the 4th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Brinkburn & Faverdale , and the 23rd 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 Hubback Square (DL2 2FH) in the last 12 months was 338.1 per 1,000 residents and was 290.0% higher than the Brinkburn & Faverdale average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 143 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 160 (≈ 227.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hubback Square (DL2 2FH), the main crime hotspot is near Teeswater. Police recorded 206 crimes here, including 150 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hubback Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Teeswater Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turf Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teeswater —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Teeswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Teeswater Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Teeswater Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Teeswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teeswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teeswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teeswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teeswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Teeswater Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Red Rose Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Comets Garth —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teeswater Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winding Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Fowler Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wildair Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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