Total Crime Rate
4935.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1958.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bondgate area has the highest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the highest crime rate of 359 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 Bondgate (DL3 7JA) in the last 12 months was 4935.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7774.8% 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 440 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 12 cases , down -14.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 45.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 611 (≈ 1958.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bondgate (DL3 7JA), the main crime hotspot is near East Row. Police recorded 421 crimes here, including 209 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skinnergate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skinnergate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skinnergate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skinnergate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skinnergate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Skinnergate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skinnergate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skinnergate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skinnergate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Raby Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Raby Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Raby Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | West Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | East Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | East Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Row | Under investigation |
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