Total Crime Rate
128.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waverley Terrace area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Park East , and the 111th highest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Waverley Terrace (DL1 5AA) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% lower than the Park East average (290.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 70.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waverley Terrace (DL1 5AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Street, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Backhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pensbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hargreave Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hargreave Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Backhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargreave Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hargreave Terrace | Under investigation |
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