Total Crime Rate

165.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

115.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 165.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 115.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.0 9/10
  • Other crime 15.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ribble Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Park East , and the 86th highest crime rate of 359 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 Ribble Drive (DL1 5TY) in the last 12 months was 165.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.1% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 115.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ribble Drive (DL1 5TY), 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 Ribble Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Severn Way —
Apr 2026Public order Shannon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Wordsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Severn Way —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Severn Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parkside Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Parkside Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parkside Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Parkside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parkside —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Skerne Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eden Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arkle Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arkle Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Humber Place —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kingsbury Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shannon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Mews —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Mews —
Apr 2026Other theft Swale Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foss Court —
Apr 2026Other theft Foss Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsbury Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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