Crime Statistics for Cockerton, Blackwell, Darlington, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Cockerton in September 2024. There were a total of 182 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cockerton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	54
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Public Order	15
Other Theft	14
Shoplifting	14
Vehicle Crime	12
Burglary	11
Drugs	8
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	3
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	182

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Cockerton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Cockerton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Cockerton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Cockerton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Harrowgate Hill (1.39 miles)	431
Harrowgate Village (1.39 miles)	307
Firth Moor (2.24 miles)	254
Cockerton	182
Faverdale (0.62 miles)	143
Black Banks (2.24 miles)	59
Beaumont Hill (2.24 miles)	56
Archdeacon Newton (1.75 miles)	25
Blackwell (1.86 miles)	4
Low Coniscliffe (2.24 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Cockerton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Cockerton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Harrowgate Hill	124
Harrowgate Village	97
Firth Moor	90
Faverdale	66
Cockerton	54
Beaumont Hill	31
Black Banks	18
Archdeacon Newton	7
Blackwell	2
Low Coniscliffe	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Cockerton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Cockerton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Cockerton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cockerton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Cockerton is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Northgate	93
2	Park East	92
3	Pierremont	88
4	North Road	85
5	Stephenson	84
6	Park West	81
7	College	73
8	Cockerton	65
9	Brinkburn & Faverdale	61
10	Mowden	46
11	Hummersknott	42

Which road in Cockerton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Cockerton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.