Newcastle Courant newsdesk
Crime in Darlington (East Villages): 8 offences recorded in July 2026
8 crimes were recorded in and around Darlington (East Villages) in July 2026, according to figures published by Durham Police. That is down by 9 on the 17 recorded the month before.
The most common reports were:
Criminal damage arson: 3 reports (38% of the total) Violent crime: 3 reports (38% of the total) Other theft: 1 reports (13% of the total) Vehicle crime: 1 reports (13% of the total)
Figures cover crimes recorded within roughly a mile of the neighbourhood centre and are published about two months in arrears. Police record a crime at the nearest anonymised map point rather than an exact address, so street-level counts are approximate.
Source: data.police.uk, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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