Total Crime Rate
504.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
158.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Darlington Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree , and the 26th highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .
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 Darlington Lane (TS19 8AA) in the last 12 months was 504.8 per 1,000 residents and was 467.9% higher than the Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree average (88.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 158.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Darlington Lane (TS19 8AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A177, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St James Court (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stockton-On-Tees| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Birch Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bede Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A177 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A177 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A177 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A177 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A177 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James Court | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesledon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hart Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hart Close | Under investigation |
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