Total Crime Rate
249.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tillage Green area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Brinkburn & Faverdale , and the 43rd 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 Tillage Green (DL2 2GL) in the last 12 months was 249.0 per 1,000 residents and was 187.2% higher than the Brinkburn & Faverdale average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 58.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tillage Green (DL2 2GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Amberley Grove (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brinkburn & Faverdale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Red Rose Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winding Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Amberley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Amberley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bleath Ghyll | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Duxford Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Fowler Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wildair Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alverton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turf Close | — |
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