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 October 2024. There were a total of 557 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	174
Anti Social Behaviour	87
Criminal Damage Arson	85
Shoplifting	49
Public Order	37
Vehicle Crime	24
Drugs	24
Other Theft	20
Burglary	20
Other Crime	14
Possession Of Weapons	9
Robbery	8
Bicycle Theft	5
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	557

Map of street level crime incidents in October 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
Norton (0.88 miles)	886
Stockton-on-Tees	557
Portrack (1.96 miles)	344
Bishopsgarth (1.24 miles)	289
Hardwick (1.39 miles)	200
Billingham (2.63 miles)	192
Hartburn (1.39 miles)	166
Fairfield (1.39 miles)	82
Carlton (2.55 miles)	4
Fulthorpe (2.78 miles)	3

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
Norton	243
Stockton-on-Tees	174
Hartburn	114
Bishopsgarth	102
Hardwick	99
Portrack	92
Billingham	63
Fairfield	35
Carlton	1
Fulthorpe	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 Marske Lane.