Total Crime Rate

249.0 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 249.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 83.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.2 7/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • 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

Tillage 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tillage Green area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Red Rose Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winding Way —
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Amberley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Amberley Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bleath Ghyll Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duxford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Fowler Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wildair Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alverton Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turf Close —

Data Sources

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