Newcastle Courant newsdesk
Crime in Darlington (North Road): 367 offences recorded in July 2026
367 crimes were recorded in and around Darlington (North Road) in July 2026, according to figures published by Durham Police. That is down by 8 on the 375 recorded the month before.
The most common reports were:
Anti social behaviour: 107 reports (29% of the total) Violent crime: 95 reports (26% of the total) Shoplifting: 35 reports (10% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 23 reports (6% of the total) Public order: 22 reports (6% 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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