Total Crime Rate
101.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Park Crescent area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Park East , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 363 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 Park Crescent (DL1 5EG) in the last 12 months was 101.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Crescent (DL1 5EG), 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.
View Crime In Park East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grainger Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chaucer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leafield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Geneva Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grainger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grainger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grainger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsbury Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tennyson Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nelson Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clifton Avenue | Under investigation |
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