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Crime in DL3 9
The DL3 9 postcode sector, in the DL (Darlington) postcode area, with most records published by Durham Constabulary.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 868 street-crime records for DL3 9 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 19.4% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 88.2 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 126.7 for Durham Constabulary. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
868
Share of DL3
17.8%
Year-on-year
+19.4%
DL3 9 holds 17.8% of the 4,865 records assigned to DL3 in the same window.
Month-by-month totals
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
64
October 2025
70
November 2025
70
December 2025
62
January 2026
59
February 2026
65
March 2026
91
April 2026
85
May 2026
70
June 2026
81
July 2026
78
August 2026
73
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
DL3 9
88.2
Durham Constabulary
126.7
868 records and 9,840 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Category mix compared
Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Durham Constabulary.
Category
DL3 9
DL3
Force
Anti-social behaviour
30.4%
23.5%
19.3%
Violence and sexual offences
26.8%
29.9%
34.1%
Shoplifting
10.3%
10.8%
10.1%
Criminal damage and arson
10.1%
8.8%
11.7%
Other theft
6.2%
5.8%
4.7%
Public order
4.8%
6.4%
6.2%
Burglary
3.2%
3.8%
3.9%
Other crime
2.5%
2.5%
3.1%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for DL3 9 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
678
2022
738
2023
847
2024
673
2025
757
2026 (part year)
602
Limits to keep in mind
Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Covers 100.0% of the 9,840 Census 2021 residents of DL3 9.
England: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Of these residents in England, 18.6% live in the most deprived 20% of England's neighbourhoods and 53.2% in the least deprived 20%.
19%1
0%2
14%3
2%4
0%5
1%6
11%7
0%8
7%9
46%10
Share of residents in each decile, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived) of England's small areas.
Deciles rank neighbourhoods within one nation, so English and Welsh deciles don't compare. They describe areas, not the people living in them, and crime is one of the things the index measures, so this mix partly overlaps the crime figures above. How this is built.
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