More than 1,200 crimes were recorded in Darlington in March
The Northern Echo takes a look at all of the crimes reported to police in March 2025.
Using data published through Durham Constabulary, the map shows which areas were most affected by crime that month and pinpoints where every one was recorded.
Violent and sexual offences were the most frequently recorded in the Darlington area with anti-social behaviour coming a close second in the data which records more than 1,200 reported incidents.
As well as the town itself, the data includes offences recorded in Hurworth, Middleton St George and other surrounding villages.
One of the cases involved a woman suffering facial injuries during an alleged robbery.
Officers working at the scene of the alleged robbery (Image: Newsquest)
Officers were called just before 1am on Sunday, March 30, after a woman was attacked in an alley between Columbia Street and Craig Street and had her handbag stolen.
And ice cream wars broke out in Darlington after two sellers clashed while trying to flog 99s on the same street - with police forced to step in to deal with the 'turf row'.
Tensions were whipped up on Parkside earlier this month after Gwenny's Ices and Nevisons Super Whip both started offering soft serve and sprinkles to families near South Park.
Both ice cream vans are licensed to operate by the park, between Kingsbury Mews and Lakeside, so long as they are 200m apart from each other.
But things turned frosty on a sunny day at South Park when a dispute broke out between the two businesses on Saturday, March 8.
And a man was arrested following an alleged shoplifting incident in Darlington that sparked a large 999 response just before midday on March 25.
The Tubwell Row incident. (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)
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Multiple police vehicles were called to Tubwell Row in Darlington town centre after a man reportedly walked out of Savers with "a bag full of stolen items".
Durham Police tracked the man on CCTV who was then arrested on the corner of East Row - and at one point three police vans and two cars were at the scene.
Violent and sexual offences accounted for 400 reported incidents while there were 240 reports of anti-social behaviour.
Criminal damage and shoplifting were the next two most recorded incidents in the town.
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