Crime Statistics for Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham and North Yorkshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Stockton-on-Tees in August 2024. There were a total of 1028 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stockton-on-Tees, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime288
Anti Social Behaviour250
Criminal Damage Arson116
Public Order80
Shoplifting58
Vehicle Crime50
Other Theft48
Burglary40
Drugs36
Other Crime18
Possession Of Weapons16
Robbery12
Bicycle Theft10
Theft From The Person6
All Crime1028

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Stockton-on-Tees. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Stockton-on-Tees

We've taken the ten nearest places to Stockton-on-Tees and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Stockton-on-Tees has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Stockton-on-Tees922
Norton (0.88 miles)477
Portrack (1.96 miles)400
Billingham (2.63 miles)220
Hardwick (1.39 miles)216
Bishopsgarth (1.24 miles)183
Hartburn (1.39 miles)89
Fairfield (1.39 miles)68
Fulthorpe (2.78 miles)7
Carlton (2.55 miles)2

3.31%
of Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Stockton-on-Tees?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Stockton-on-Tees and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Stockton-on-Tees288
Norton146
Portrack112
Hardwick73
Billingham68
Bishopsgarth67
Hartburn29
Fairfield18
Fulthorpe3
Carlton1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Stockton-on-Tees?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Stockton-on-Tees to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Stockton-on-Tees compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stockton-on-Tees and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Stockton-on-Tees is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Parkfield and Oxbridge85
2Newtown82
3Hardwick and Salters Lane70
4Mandale and Victoria68
5Roseworth67
6Norton North63
7Grangefield44
8Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree43
9Hartburn32
10Fairfield23
11Norton West11

Which road in Stockton-on-Tees has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Stockton-on-Tees with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Marske Lane.

Last updated: August 2024
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