Total Crime Rate
66.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifton Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Park East , and the 164th lowest crime rate of 359 local areas in Darlington .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clifton Road (DL1 5EB) in the last 12 months was 66.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Road (DL1 5EB), 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.
View Crime In Darlington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parkside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tennyson Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaucer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parkside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsbury Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nelson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
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