Park East
WardSouth Darlington. About 7,858 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 9% of people in Park East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Park East compares
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Is Park East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Park East at a rate of 419.9 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, 265 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Park East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (874), anti-social behaviour (701) and other crime (486).
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 Park East alone. See Darlington
Park East in brief
Park East had 7,591 usual residents at the census.
About 9% of people in Park East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Park East, 82.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Park East, 7.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.