Total Crime Rate

398.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

255.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 398.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 255.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 203.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 80.6 10/10
  • Public order 42.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Reid Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the 18th highest crime rate of 359 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 Reid Street (DL3 6EX) in the last 12 months was 398.1 per 1,000 residents and was 535.1% higher than the College average (62.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 255.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reid Street (DL3 6EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barningham Street, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rosebery Street (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Reid Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Columbia Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Columbia Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newfoundland Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willow Road East Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Willow Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stewart Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Columbia Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stewart Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Northcote Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chandos Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barningham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barningham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barningham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Columbia Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Vancouver Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barningham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reid Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hollyhurst Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hollyhurst Road
Apr 2026Public order Hollyhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hollyhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hollyhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Hollyhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Rosebery Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Salisbury Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rosebery Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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