Total Crime Rate

260.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 260.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 97.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Waterside area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Brinkburn & Faverdale , and the 39th highest crime rate of 363 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 Waterside (DL3 9AF) in the last 12 months was 260.2 per 1,000 residents and was 200.1% higher than the Brinkburn & Faverdale average (86.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside (DL3 9AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smithy Lane (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Moorlands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hill Garth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Garth —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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