Beaumont Hill

18°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:27

12h 52m 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

71 reported · July 2026▲ 37% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Anti-social behaviour15
• Public order8
• Other theft5

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Darlington (Haughton) · Durham

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

119 reported road collisions (2024)

42 killed or seriously injured · 156 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

188 food businesses within 2 miles

• 160 rated 4–5 ★ (147 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: North Road (2.6 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£158,188 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Darlington · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£686 average monthly rent▲ 6.2% YoY

• 1 bed £494
• 2 bed £626
• 3 bed £762

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (2.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (2.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Aldi Regional Distribution Centre (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 103 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

42inspected 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
• 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

104 applications decided

93.3% granted · 97 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lola McEvoy

Labour

Darlington

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 23
• Con 13
• LD 2
• Grn 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 5

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£705 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 43% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 12% · Biomass 10%

13 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

5 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in DL1

• Whinfield Medical Practice
• Neasham Road Surgery
• Clifton Court Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Darlington:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office404 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership383 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s351 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership228 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test220 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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