Crime Rate in North Road, ward

North Road has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 wards in Darlington district and the 248th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 20th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in North Road in the last 12 months was 213.5 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% higher than the Darlington district average (122.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, North Road’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 431 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , down -45.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 529 (≈ 74.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the North Road ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Charles Street, with 129 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Crosby Street (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.