Firth Moor is rows of semi-detached houses, pebble-dash and hedges, the kind of estate street where the same families have stayed put for years. It's a settled, unshowy corner of Darlington — nothing here is dressed up for visitors, and it doesn't need to be. The numbers behind the streetscape tell you why the prices are what they are. A median house price around £123,000 sits well under both the regional and national medians, and this is one of the less affluent parts of the country on the income measure, even though the broader deprivation picture is middling rather than bottom-of-the-table. That affordability is the headline: council tax and rent both undercut national norms, and a semi-detached freehold here costs roughly half what the same house type fetches nationally. It's a place where a modest income still buys a front door and a garden, which is not nothing. Safety is the one figure worth sitting with. Crime here runs well above the Darlington average, driven mostly by violence and anti-social behaviour rather than burglary or theft, and it's the sub-grade that breaks the otherwise steady pattern of a place that scores respectably on housing, connectivity, and health. Schooling follows a similar shape — there's only one school actually counted in the immediate area, and the sub-grade for schools sits below the rest of the report card, even though nearby academy-converted primaries like Firthmoor Primary and St Teresa's Catholic Primary serve the wider community. Transport is more workable than the housing stock might suggest, with a reasonable spread of bus stops and full-fibre broadband reaching over three-quarters of homes, useful if you're working from the semi rather than commuting out of it. Green space is modest but present — six pockets totalling under 20 hectares, enough for a dog walk or a Sunday kickabout rather than a proper day out. There's no dense restaurant scene to speak of here, and the offer is local and functional rather than a destination in itself. This reads as a place for people already rooted in Darlington who want low costs and a house with a garden, and who've made peace with a level of street-level crime that sits above the town's own average — not a place to arrive chasing nightlife or a glossy school catchment, but one that does the basics of affordable family housing without pretence.