Total Crime Rate

117.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

59.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 59.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wordsworth Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Park East , and the 120th 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 Wordsworth Road (DL1 5BD) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -13.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (DL1 5BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsbury Mews, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parkside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Mews —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kingsbury Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsbury Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Severn Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parkside —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parkside Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Mews —
Apr 2026Drugs Parkside Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkside Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tennyson Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Gardens —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Severn Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Severn Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Esk Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Swale Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tweed Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Tweed Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chaucer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arkle Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arkle Crescent —
Apr 2026Other crime Esk Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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