Crime Rate in Park East, ward

Park East has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Darlington district and the 120th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 8th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Park East in the last 12 months was 289.2 per 1,000 residents and was 136.4% higher than the Darlington district average (122.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Park East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 781 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 13 cases , up 18.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 18.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,017 (≈ 120.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Park East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near East Row. Police recorded 435 crimes here, including 193 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.