Crime Statistics for Firth Moor, Darlington, Darlington, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Firth Moor in September 2024. There were a total of 254 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 Firth Moor, 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	90
Anti Social Behaviour	42
Criminal Damage Arson	23
Public Order	22
Vehicle Crime	18
Other Theft	15
Burglary	12
Shoplifting	11
Drugs	6
Bicycle Theft	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Theft From The Person	3
Other Crime	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	254

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 Firth Moor. 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 Firth Moor

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Harrowgate Hill (1.96 miles)	431
Harrowgate Village (2.78 miles)	307
Firth Moor	254
Cockerton (2.24 miles)	182
Faverdale (2.63 miles)	143
Great Burdon (1.96 miles)	136
Black Banks (0.88 miles)	59
Neasham (2.24 miles)	6
Low Dinsdale (2.77 miles)	4
Blackwell (1.96 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Firth Moor?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Firth Moor 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
Great Burdon	49
Black Banks	18
Neasham	4
Low Dinsdale	3
Blackwell	2

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

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 Firth Moor 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 Firth Moor compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Firth Moor and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Firth Moor is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Northgate	93
2	Bank Top & Lascelles	92
3	Park East	92
4	Pierremont	88
5	Eastbourne	86
6	Stephenson	84
7	Park West	81
8	Red Hall & Lingfield	77
9	College	73
10	Haughton & Springfield	63
11	Hummersknott	42

Which road in Firth Moor has the highest level of crime?

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