Crime Statistics for Black Banks, Blackwell, Darlington, 2024

There were a total of 37 street level crime incidents in Black Banks in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Black Banks, 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	13
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Burglary	3
Other Theft	2
Other Crime	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Public Order	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	37

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Black Banks. 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 Black Banks

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Harrowgate Hill (2.48 miles)	468
Firth Moor (0.88 miles)	206
Cockerton (2.24 miles)	185
Great Burdon (2.78 miles)	135
Faverdale (2.78 miles)	122
Black Banks	37
Blackwell (1.24 miles)	3
Neasham (2.24 miles)	3
Croft-on-Tees (1.96 miles)	1
Monk End (1.96 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Black Banks?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Harrowgate Hill	128
Firth Moor	77
Cockerton	67
Faverdale	57
Great Burdon	50
Black Banks	13
Neasham	2
Blackwell	0
Croft-on-Tees	0
Monk End	0

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

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 Black Banks 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 Black Banks compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Hurworth	50
11	Hummersknott	42

Which road in Black Banks has the highest level of crime?

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