Total Crime Rate

297.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 297.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 124.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.2 10/10
  • Public order 26.1 10/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • 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

Heslop Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Park East , and the 29th highest crime rate of 363 local areas in Darlington .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heslop Drive (DL1 5TQ) in the last 12 months was 297.4 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% higher than the Park East average (289.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heslop Drive (DL1 5TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lakeside, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park/Open Space (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heslop Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Humber Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lakeside —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heslop Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hammond Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Humber Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lakeside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lakeside Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Loraine Crescent —
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Data Sources

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