Darlington

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:23

9h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stockton-on-Tees Eaglescliffe, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

380 reported · August 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour95
• Violence & sexual offences93
• Shoplifting50
• Burglary26

14 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Darlington (North Road) · Durham

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

137 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 429 rated 4–5 ★ (401 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: North Road (0.9 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£159,770 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Darlington · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£689 average monthly rent▲ 6.4% YoY

• 1 bed £496
• 2 bed £629
• 3 bed £766

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.3 times median annual pay (4.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,633 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (1.2 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Darlington (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

107,801 residents in Darlington · 546/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,349
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,297
• Net moves+1,052

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 103 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,494 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (43% of 53,800)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

48 schools · 16,037 pupils

29 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

42 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Darlington

101 CQC-registered services

• Care homes32
• GP practices12
• Dentists24
• Homecare agencies20
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Darlington

• Not in the Green Belt
• 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

107 applications decided

96.3% granted · 103 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lola McEvoy

Labour

Darlington

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 23
• Con 13
• LD 2
• Grn 6
• Ref 2
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés43

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,255 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

740 jobs advertised · £40,256 avg

e.g. Counter-Terrorism Officer, ​Personal Tax Senior / Tax Assistant, HGV Class 1 Driver

Source: Adzuna

£705 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,587 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,960 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

62% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 29%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 78.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.6 women · 58.6 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

16 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in DL3

• Orchard Court Surgery
• Moorlands Surgery
• Carmel Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Darlington:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Allow up to 10 days authorised school leave per year without fines129 local signatures · 4,518 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK126 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills117 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England113 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Rise Carr · 0.1 km

  Rise Carr is a place in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of the centre of Darlington.

• Longfield Academy, Darlington · 0.6 km

  Longfield Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Darlington, County Durham, England.

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  Darlington Works · 0.6 km

  Darlington Works was established in 1863 by the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the town of Darlington in the north east of England. The main part of the works, the North Road Shops was located on the northeast sid…

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  Hopetown Carriage Works · 0.8 km

  Hopetown Carriage Works, also known as the Stockton and Darlington Railway Carriage Works, was a carriage works of the Stockton and Darlington Railway built in 1853 in Hopetown, near Darlington, County Durham, England.

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  Locomotion No. 1 · 0.8 km

  Locomotion No. 1 is an early steam locomotive that was built in 1825 by the pioneering railway engineers George and Robert Stephenson at their manufacturing firm, Robert Stephenson and Company. It became the first ste…

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  North Road railway station · 0.9 km

  North Road is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 1 mile 23 chains (2.1 km) north-west of Darlington, serves the market town…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)