Crime Statistics for Cockerton, Blackwell, Darlington, 2024

There were a total of 185 street level crime incidents in Cockerton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

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	67
Shoplifting	35
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Vehicle Crime	15
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Other Theft	10
Public Order	10
Burglary	8
Drugs	3
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	185

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 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)	468
Firth Moor (2.24 miles)	206
Cockerton	185
Harrowgate Village (1.39 miles)	173
Faverdale (0.62 miles)	122
Beaumont Hill (2.24 miles)	63
Black Banks (2.24 miles)	37
Archdeacon Newton (1.75 miles)	22
Blackwell (1.86 miles)	3
Low Coniscliffe (2.24 miles)	1

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	128
Firth Moor	77
Cockerton	67
Faverdale	57
Harrowgate Village	52
Black Banks	13
Archdeacon Newton	13
Beaumont Hill	12
Blackwell	0
Low Coniscliffe	0

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 Sugar Hill Grove.