Total Crime Rate

75.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 75.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Shoplifting 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fife Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in College , and the 180th highest 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 Fife Road (DL3 7SY) in the last 12 months was 75.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% higher than the College average (75.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fife Road (DL3 7SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Langholm Crescent, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vane Terrace (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fife Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Langholm Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakdene Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greencroft Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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