Total Crime Rate

242.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 242.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 87.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 75.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.8 10/10
  • Burglary 19.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dodds Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the 44th highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dodds Street (DL3 6BE) in the last 12 months was 242.1 per 1,000 residents and was 286.2% higher than the College average (62.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dodds Street (DL3 6BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barningham Street, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dodds Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grace Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Widdowfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Corporation Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Easson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lowe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Kingston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Widdowfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Widdowfield Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Corporation Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Forster Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bartlett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dodds Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barningham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barningham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barningham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barningham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barningham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Corporation Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Other theft Elmfield Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wilkes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maude Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Salisbury Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elmfield Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Salisbury Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Outram Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Salisbury Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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