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

Timothy Hackworth Drive 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 Timothy Hackworth Drive (DL2 2GN) 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 Timothy Hackworth Drive (DL2 2GN), the main crime hotspot is near Richmond Close. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Timothy Hackworth Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Westerhope Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandriggs Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bleath Ghyll Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duxford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Meadowfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Catcastle Court —
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Data Sources

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