Total Crime Rate
24.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandriggs area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Brinkburn & Faverdale , and the 52nd lowest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandriggs (DL3 0TP) in the last 12 months was 24.3 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% lower than the Brinkburn & Faverdale average (87.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandriggs (DL3 0TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A68, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rainhill Way (10 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 | Sans Pareil Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sans Pareil Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A68 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainhill Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainhill Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Auckland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walworth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raisby Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandriggs | Under investigation |
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