Crime Statistics for Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Redcar in September 2024. There were a total of 369 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

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	104
Shoplifting	65
Anti Social Behaviour	56
Public Order	29
Burglary	23
Vehicle Crime	22
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Other Theft	18
Other Crime	12
Drugs	7
Bicycle Theft	6
Possession Of Weapons	5
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	369

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 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)	305
Redcar	263
Lazenby (3.97 miles)	152
Warrenby (1.96 miles)	101
Dormanstown (1.96 miles)	72
Marske-By-The-Sea (1.75 miles)	55
Saltburn-by-the-Sea (3.61 miles)	40
New Marske (2.56 miles)	17
Upleatham (3.34 miles)	4
Dunsdale (3.78 miles)	0

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
Lazenby	132
Redcar	104
Coatham	74
Warrenby	33
Dormanstown	22
Marske-By-The-Sea	22
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	14
New Marske	6
Upleatham	0
Dunsdale	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 this marker.