Total Crime Rate
16.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Witbank Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the 29th lowest 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 Witbank Road (DL3 6SD) in the last 12 months was 16.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Witbank Road (DL3 6SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hollyhurst Road, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Columbia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hollyhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hollyhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollyhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollyhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saddlewood Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vancouver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hollyhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollyhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newfoundland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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