Crime Rates at Hillside Road, Darlington, DL3 8HB

Hillside Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in College , and the 27th 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 Hillside Road (DL3 8HB) in the last 12 months was 16.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.0% lower than the College average (62.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillside Road (DL3 8HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackwell Lane, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenmount Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.