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Haughton & Springfield

Ward

East Darlington. About 6,310 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 71% of people in Haughton & Springfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,312
Joint 3,825th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
71%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Haughton & Springfield compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Haughton & SpringfieldMiddle
Population20 wards, Darlington · 2021
Population: every ward in Darlington20 areas from 3,693 to 7,591. The middle area is 5,341. Haughton & Springfield is 6,312.
6,3128th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Darlington · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Darlington20 areas from 0.0% to 71.0%. The middle area is 5.0%. Haughton & Springfield is 71.0%.
71%most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Darlington · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Darlington20 areas from 76.9% to 99.7%. The middle area is 95.9%. Haughton & Springfield is 99.7%.
99.7%highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Darlington · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Darlington20 areas from 0.3% to 7.5%. The middle area is 2.9%. Haughton & Springfield is 3.6%.
3.6%9th highest

Is Haughton & Springfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Haughton & Springfield at a rate of 90.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 125.2 per 1,000 people across Darlington.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 54 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Haughton & Springfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (175), anti-social behaviour (121) and other crime (87).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Darlington

These figures are published for the whole of Darlington, not for each ward, so they describe all of Darlington and not Haughton & Springfield alone. See Darlington

Average house price
£159,988
Up 2.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,166
98th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.4×
23rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.7
Joint 71st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Haughton & Springfield in brief

Haughton & Springfield had 6,312 usual residents at the census.

About 71% of people in Haughton & Springfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Haughton & Springfield, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Haughton & Springfield, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.