Crime · Darlington

Reported crime in Darlington

Name: Darlington crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

13,439 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 139 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

13,439

Rate / 1,000

139

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,169	31%
Anti social behaviour	3,181	24%
Shoplifting	1,314	10%
Criminal damage and arson	1,313	10%
Public order	845	6%
Other theft	613	5%
Vehicle crime	558	4%
Burglary	536	4%
Other crime	349	3%
Drugs	172	1%
Possession of weapons	118	1%
Bicycle theft	111	1%
Robbery	103	1%
Theft from the person	57	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	308	350	344	333	379	302	364	319	334	393	393	350	4169
Anti social behaviour	257	255	217	207	201	220	247	293	307	328	326	323	3181
Shoplifting	100	72	105	87	110	109	96	116	124	140	124	131	1314
Criminal damage and arson	108	124	126	92	103	101	114	125	100	97	125	98	1313
Public order	80	68	77	65	56	55	61	68	78	88	77	72	845
Other theft	41	56	68	55	51	38	51	42	35	47	59	70	613
Vehicle crime	56	51	32	45	38	32	25	44	58	40	58	79	558
Burglary	47	27	43	31	31	36	46	51	51	41	58	74	536
Other crime	28	20	24	48	18	18	24	27	47	30	32	33	349
Drugs	14	16	11	8	6	19	17	19	18	14	18	12	172
Possession of weapons	6	10	8	4	10	7	9	10	16	12	11	15	118
Bicycle theft	4	11	14	8	3	5	5	9	8	23	14	7	111
Robbery	8	9	9	11	4	9	5	8	5	15	8	12	103
Theft from the person	3	5	5	7	5	2	2	1	4	9	8	6	57
Total	1060	1074	1083	1001	1015	953	1066	1132	1185	1277	1311	1282	13439

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Darlington, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 96,337.