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Bank Top & Lascelles · Darlington

Bank Top & Lascelles: your neighbourhood

Bank Top & Lascelles electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

Homes rented privately: 30% here, compared with 21% across Darlington (9.5 percentage points higher).

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 20% here, compared with 29% across Darlington (8.9 percentage points lower).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 27.9% here, compared with 19.3% across Darlington (8.7 percentage points higher).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

19.5%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

1,388 out of 7,101.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

8.2%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

582 out of 7,103.

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People counted in the census

7,103

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

7,103 out of 7,103.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

20%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,170 out of 5,846.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

61.3%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

2,054 out of 3,352.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

25%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

837 out of 3,352.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

42.3%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,468 out of 5,829.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

52.8%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

3,079 out of 5,829.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

7.7%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

446 out of 5,829.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

27.9%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,633 out of 5,846.

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Homes rented privately

30%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

1,009 out of 3,348.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

21.9%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,278 out of 5,829.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

22%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

722 out of 3,348.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

4.8%

21 March 2021 · Bank Top & Lascelles

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

282 out of 5,829.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Bank Top & Lascelles ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

724 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 686 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Bank Top & Lascelles ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 53 mapped crimes in September 2024; 63 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Bank Top & Lascelles
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 20245311
October 20247314
November 20246413
December 20244910
January 20255214
February 20255112
March 20256312
April 20257426
May 20254425
June 20255119
July 20255714
August 20255523
September 20256518
October 20256213
November 20255415
December 20257126
January 20265510
February 20264211
March 20265811
April 20264532
May 20266620
June 20266012
July 20268319
August 20266325
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Bank Top & Lascelles
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime334
criminal damage arson132
shoplifting55
public order42
other theft41
vehicle crime32
other crime25
drugs22
burglary19
possession of weapons7
bicycle theft6
robbery6
theft from the person3
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Darlington →