Total Crime Rate

83.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 83.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Westfield Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Hurworth , and the 169th 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 Westfield Drive (DL2 2ET) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% higher than the Hurworth average (65.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westfield Drive (DL2 2ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greenside Court, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malvern Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Westfield Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malvern Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenside Court
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenside Court
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Malvern Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Malvern Close Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Malvern Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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