Total Crime Rate
406.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barningham Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in College , and the 12th highest crime rate of 363 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 Barningham Street (DL3 6NT) in the last 12 months was 406.9 per 1,000 residents and was 439.7% higher than the College average (75.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barningham Street (DL3 6NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barningham Street, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In College| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartmell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingston Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Greenbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartmell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cartmell Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warren Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rosebery Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barningham Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barningham Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barningham Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chelmsford Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barron Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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