Newcastle Courant newsdesk
Crime in Darlington (Haughton): 25 offences recorded in July 2026
25 crimes were recorded in and around Darlington (Haughton) in July 2026, according to figures published by Durham Police. That is down by 15 on the 40 recorded the month before.
The most common reports were:
Anti social behaviour: 9 reports (36% of the total) Violent crime: 6 reports (24% of the total) Burglary: 3 reports (12% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 2 reports (8% of the total) Shoplifting: 2 reports (8% 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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