Total Crime Rate
179.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kitchener Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the 78th highest 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 Kitchener Street (DL3 6NL) in the last 12 months was 179.6 per 1,000 residents and was 186.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kitchener Street (DL3 6NL), 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.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Widdowfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartlett Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brook Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Widdowfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Widdowfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chandos Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Northcote Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corporation Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wilkes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmfield Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elmfield Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmfield Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corporation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corporation Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easson Road | Under investigation |
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