Total Crime Rate
92.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hollyhurst Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in College , and the 154th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Darlington .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hollyhurst Road (DL3 6HE) in the last 12 months was 92.1 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% higher than the College average (75.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollyhurst Road (DL3 6HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hollyhurst Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In College| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hollyhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollyhurst Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartmell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartmell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Acacia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartmell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hollyhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vancouver Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Witbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazel Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Desmond Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Witbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Witbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rosebery Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rosebery Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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