The Safe Durham Partnership is required by statute to develop an annual strategic assessment. Its purpose is to enable the Safe Durham Partnership Board to: identify its strategic priorities for the forthcoming year, identify key crime and disorder risks and threats to the community and provide strategic level leadership and coordination of Community Safety.

New trauma cabinets, stocked with life-saving bleed kits, have been installed in key locations around Darlington town centre. Positioned alongside existing defibrillators, these kits provide essential tools to help control severe bleeding in an emergency before paramedics arrive. The cabinets are now available at The Turk’s Head, the Market Hall/town clock, and Rosie’s Tavern.