Crime Statistics for Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Redcar in October 2024. There were a total of 260 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 Redcar, 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	83
Anti Social Behaviour	58
Criminal Damage Arson	37
Shoplifting	23
Public Order	19
Other Theft	10
Burglary	9
Vehicle Crime	8
Other Crime	6
Drugs	4
Theft From The Person	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	260

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 Redcar. 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 Redcar

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Coatham (1.39 miles)	273
Redcar	260
Dormanstown (1.96 miles)	130
Marske-By-The-Sea (1.75 miles)	117
Warrenby (1.96 miles)	109
Lazenby (3.97 miles)	63
Saltburn-by-the-Sea (3.61 miles)	48
New Marske (2.56 miles)	35
Upleatham (3.34 miles)	2
Dunsdale (3.78 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Redcar?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Coatham	83
Redcar	83
Marske-By-The-Sea	76
Dormanstown	40
Warrenby	31
Lazenby	15
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	11
New Marske	10
Dunsdale	1
Upleatham	0

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

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 Redcar 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 Redcar compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Redcar and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Redcar is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Coatham	82
2	South Bank	79
3	Newcomen	73
4	Kirkleatham	71
5	Zetland	60
6	West Dyke	60
7	Dormanstown	58
8	Saltburn	37
9	Wheatlands	34
10	St Germain's	23
11	Longbeck	13

Which road in Redcar has the highest level of crime?

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