Total Crime Rate
209.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ennerdale Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bank Top & Lascelles , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ennerdale Road (DL1 4DA) in the last 12 months was 209.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% higher than the Bank Top & Lascelles average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 77.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ennerdale Road (DL1 4DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Scargill, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rydal Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brunton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mickleton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mickleton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Starmer Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mickleton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thirlmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belgrave Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scargill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scargill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scargill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thirlmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brighton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langdale Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mickleton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aysgarth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leonard Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grinton Park Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louisa Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Geneva Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Geneva Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lewes Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leonard Street | Under investigation |
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