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Crime in Darlington (Town Centre): 724 offences recorded in July 2026

Crime

724 crimes were recorded in and around Darlington (Town Centre) in July 2026, according to figures published by Durham Police. That is up by 11 on the 713 recorded the month before.

The most common reports were:

Violent crime: 211 reports (29% of the total) Anti social behaviour: 163 reports (23% of the total) Shoplifting: 85 reports (12% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 63 reports (9% of the total) Public order: 47 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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