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 September 2024. There were a total of 901 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	303
Anti Social Behaviour	160
Criminal Damage Arson	92
Shoplifting	92
Public Order	58
Burglary	52
Other Theft	44
Vehicle Crime	34
Drugs	28
Other Crime	14
Robbery	8
Possession Of Weapons	6
Bicycle Theft	6
Theft From The Person	4
All Crime	901

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Stockton-on-Tees	845
Norton (0.88 miles)	435
Portrack (1.96 miles)	331
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

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Stockton-on-Tees	303
Norton	154
Portrack	128
Hardwick	73
Billingham	68
Bishopsgarth	67
Hartburn	29
Fairfield	18
Fulthorpe	3
Carlton	1

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Parkfield and Oxbridge	85
2	Newtown	82
3	Hardwick and Salters Lane	70
4	Mandale and Victoria	68
5	Roseworth	67
6	Norton North	63
7	Grangefield	44
8	Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree	43
9	Hartburn	32
10	Fairfield	23
11	Norton West	11

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 this marker.