Total Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marwood Crescent area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Brinkburn & Faverdale , and the 36th lowest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Marwood Crescent (DL3 0JU) in the last 12 months was 19.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.3% lower than the Brinkburn & Faverdale average (87.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marwood Crescent (DL3 0JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Auckland Oval, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milkwood Court (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olympic Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Levy Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Olympic Street | — |
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