Darlington

14°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:32

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

718 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences217
• Anti-social behaviour157
• Shoplifting81
• Criminal damage & arson65

20 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Darlington (Town Centre) · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 433 rated 4–5 ★ (403 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Darlington (0.5 km)
• 37 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 (1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (2.9 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Park Place East 6 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches26
• Playgrounds14

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
• 181 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)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés160

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

962 jobs advertised · £41,021 avg

e.g. Children's Home Team Leader, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Nursery Practitioner Level 3

Source: Adzuna

£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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 70% · Nuclear 20% · Biomass 7% · Solar 3%

9 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

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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  St Hilda's Church, Darlington · 0.1 km

  St Hilda's Church, Darlington is a Grade II listed former Church of England church on Parkgate, Darlington, County Durham.

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  St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington · 0.1 km

  St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Durham in Darlington, County Durham.

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  Darlington Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Darlington Town Hall is a municipal building in Feethams, Darlington, County Durham, England. It is the meeting place of Darlington Borough Council.

• Cornmill Shopping Centre · 0.3 km

  Cornmill Shopping Centre (The Cornmill) is a shopping centre located on Priestgate in central Darlington, England. It is the main shopping centre in the town, with over 40 shops, including Primark (its anchor store),…

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  Old Town Hall and Market Hall, Darlington · 0.3 km

  The Old Town Hall and Market Hall is a municipal complex in West Row in Darlington, County Durham, England. The old town hall was the headquarters of Darlington Borough Council until it moved to the new town hall in F…

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  Darlington · 0.3 km

  Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, 13 miles (21 km) west of Middlesbrough and 17 miles (27 km) south of Durham. Darlington had a population o…

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