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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Billingham in October 2024. There were a total of 192 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 Billingham, 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	63
Anti Social Behaviour	29
Criminal Damage Arson	19
Other Theft	17
Shoplifting	15
Public Order	13
Vehicle Crime	11
Burglary	10
Drugs	5
Bicycle Theft	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Other Crime	3
All Crime	192

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 Billingham. 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 Billingham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Norton (1.75 miles)	886
Linthorpe (3.34 miles)	694
Port Clarence (2.24 miles)	671
Stockton-on-Tees (2.63 miles)	557
Portrack (2.48 miles)	344
Hardwick (3.34 miles)	200
Billingham	192
Newton Bewley (1.86 miles)	80
Greatham (3.1 miles)	6
Fulthorpe (3.16 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Billingham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Norton	243
Linthorpe	219
Port Clarence	197
Stockton-on-Tees	174
Hardwick	99
Portrack	92
Billingham	63
Newton Bewley	24
Fulthorpe	1
Greatham	0

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

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 Billingham 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 Billingham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Billingham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Billingham is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Stockton Town Centre	96
2	Newtown	82
3	Norton South	72
4	Roseworth	67
5	Norton North	63
6	Billingham East	57
7	Billingham Central	57
8	Billingham South	37
9	Billingham North	27
10	Billingham West	18
11	Norton West	11

Which road in Billingham has the highest level of crime?

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