Total Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stewart Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the 175th highest crime rate of 359 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 Stewart Street (DL3 6QS) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stewart Street (DL3 6QS), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newfoundland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Columbia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosebery Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barningham 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Widdowfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lady Kathryn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reid Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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