Crime Statistics for Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, 2024

Crime statistics for Norton, Norton

There were a total of 447 street level crime incidents in Norton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Norton, 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 Crime154
Criminal Damage Arson56
Anti Social Behaviour56
Vehicle Crime34
Burglary28
Other Theft27
Public Order22
Shoplifting22
Other Crime21
Drugs16
Robbery6
Possession Of Weapons4
Theft From The Person1
All Crime447

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Norton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Stockton-on-Tees (0.88 miles)468
Norton447
Portrack (1.75 miles)292
Hardwick (1.86 miles)241
Bishopsgarth (1.96 miles)180
Billingham (1.75 miles)173
Hartburn (2.24 miles)87
Fairfield (2.24 miles)74
Fulthorpe (2.63 miles)4
Carlton (3.1 miles)2

2.7%
of Norton West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Norton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Stockton-on-Tees158
Norton154
Portrack91
Hardwick82
Bishopsgarth69
Billingham50
Hartburn16
Fairfield16
Carlton2
Fulthorpe1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Norton?

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 Norton 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 Norton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Norton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Norton have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Stockton Town Centre.

#WardScore
1Stockton Town Centre96
2Parkfield and Oxbridge85
3Newtown82
4Norton South72
5Hardwick and Salters Lane70
6Mandale and Victoria68
7Roseworth67
8Norton North63
9Grangefield44
10Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree43
11Norton West11

Which road in Norton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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