Total Crime Rate

83.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 83.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 32.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Hamsterley Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the 159th highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hamsterley Street (DL3 6QE) in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hamsterley Street (DL3 6QE), the main crime hotspot is near Hollyhurst Road. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hamsterley Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willow Road East Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newfoundland Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Columbia Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Columbia Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Columbia Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Columbia Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Lady Kathryn Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Vancouver Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Hollyhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Willow Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hollyhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hollyhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hollyhurst Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hollyhurst Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hollyhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Willow Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Olympic Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Vine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Vine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Olympic Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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