Total Crime Rate
64.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Northcote Terrace area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in College , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 363 local areas in Darlington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Northcote Terrace (DL3 6PT) in the last 12 months was 64.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower than the College average (75.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northcote Terrace (DL3 6PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barningham Street, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harcourt Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In College| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kitchener Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barron Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mildred Street | 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 | Cartmell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kitchener Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Greenbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Barningham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenbank Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Rosebery Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barningham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wilson Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Salisbury Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Warren Street | — |
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