Total Crime Rate

155.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 155.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.3 9/10
  • Public order 13.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wordsworth Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Park East , and the 85th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Darlington .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wordsworth Road (DL1 5BE) in the last 12 months was 155.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% lower than the Park East average (289.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (DL1 5BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsbury Mews, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wordsworth Road (18 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 (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Clifton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tweed Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tees Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tees Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chaucer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Mews —
Sep 2025Other crime Swale Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Esk Road —
Sep 2025Public order Tweed Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tyne Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyne Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ruskin Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tennyson Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Geneva Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Esk Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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