Cleveland Police Statistics

Last updated: 07 Jun 2026

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The crime rate in Cleveland Police's force coverage area is 114 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending April 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 46 reports per 1,000 daytime population.

Comparing the larger towns and cities under Cleveland Police's command using their respective Crime Risk Score - which considers the typical sentence length that convicted offenders receive for each type of crime when adding up the totals - the location with the highest score is Middlesbrough. The next most dangerous is Stockton-on-Tees, and Hartlepool comes in as third most dangerous.

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Incidents mapped in Cleveland Police's service area represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.

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Introduction to Cleveland Police's crime statistics

 

This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Cleveland Police up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Cleveland Police's 19,683 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:

  • Within a Five-Minute Walk
  • Within a Ten-Minute Walk
  • Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk

Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.

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Crime Risk Scores

Cleveland Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026

 

The typical five-minute walk within Cleveland Police has a crime risk score of 606. This is based on analysis of 19,683 nearby areas within Cleveland Police, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.

Five Mins
606 crime risk score
Ten Mins
651 crime risk score
Fifteen Mins
681 crime risk score

Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Cleveland Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.

Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Cleveland Police, crime risk scores are typically around 606, while in National they are average 500.

Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 651 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 681 (National 500).

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Trends in Crime Risk

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Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.

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The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 12% in Cleveland Police's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.

Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Cleveland Police's crime risk score is down by 3.1%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.

Over the last year, Cleveland Police's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 1.5%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.

Crime Rates and Indexes

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The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.

1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.

Highest Crime Rates

Cleveland Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026

 

Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.

Criminal Damage and Arson
2.20 CrimeRate Index
Shoplifting
2.12 CrimeRate Index
Robbery
1.86 CrimeRate Index

Criminal Damage and Arson offences have a crime rate of 14 reports per 1,000 people in Cleveland Police, which is 2.20 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 9,131 crime reports logged by Cleveland Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.

For the same period, Cleveland Police recorded 9,999 reports of Shoplifting in Cleveland Police, resulting in a crime rate of 15 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 2.12.

The crime rate for Robbery is 1.86 times the national average at 2.20 reports per 1,000. This is from 1,453 crime reports reported to Cleveland Police.

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Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types

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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.

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Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.10 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 1.11 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 89% over this timeframe.

Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types

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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.

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Drugs offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.26 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Drugs CrimeRate Index was 1.76 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 28% over this timeframe.

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Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.61 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.72 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 6% over this timeframe.

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Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.60 for the month of April 2026.

Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.80 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 11% over this timeframe.

Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map

Cleveland Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026

 

Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.

 
Cleveland Police
National
Crime TypeCountRateIndexCountRateIndex
Anti-Social Behaviour16,68425.261.79941,22414.131.00
Bicycle Theft4780.720.9948,4490.731.00
Burglary3,6715.561.78208,6123.131.00
Criminal Damage and Arson9,13113.832.20418,6516.281.00
Drugs2,9344.431.43205,2143.091.00
Other Crime2,7924.232.29124,2301.851.00
Other Theft4,1796.341.11378,1465.691.00
Possession of Weapons7591.151.3556,6200.851.00
Public Order6,1299.291.60386,2975.801.00
Robbery1,4532.201.8678,3861.181.00
Shoplifting9,99915.142.12475,0257.131.00
Theft From the Person2930.450.29103,5051.551.00
Vehicle Crime3,4075.171.20287,0684.301.00
Violence and Sexual Offences30,15245.681.502,024,72230.401.00
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Total Crime by Year

 
Cleveland Police
National
YearCountRateIndexCountRateIndex
202675,377114.191.594,794,92571.981.00
202571,897109.711.484,892,73474.031.00
202476,494118.161.574,937,62075.431.00
202384,694132.751.685,115,76379.011.00
202275,108120.351.574,922,64576.811.00
202163,917103.501.514,369,81168.571.00
202067,902109.941.484,707,68374.161.00
201968,290110.421.454,824,37076.251.00
201858,45894.551.334,484,15171.121.00
201751,65683.701.314,011,47063.941.00
201616,76027.181.431,195,22119.071.00
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Cleveland Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared

Town / CityCrime CountCrime RateCrimeRate Index
Middlesbrough23,297144.972.01
Hartlepool12,826136.451.90
Thornaby4,123127.621.79
Stockton-on-Tees12,318123.211.71
Redcar3,86995.441.34
Loftus69483.551.28
Billingham3,11679.621.12
Skelton and Brotton1,04279.181.17
Guisborough1,48074.371.07
Saltburn, Marske and New Marske1,07153.130.78
Yarm43347.770.77
Egglescliffe42744.170.71
Ingleby Barwick80233.710.52
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Cleveland Police Stations

Police Station NamePolice Station AddressDescription & Opening Hours
Community Safety Hub
1 Cliffland Way, Hemlington, TS8 9GL

Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm Closed bank holidays

Middlesbrough District Police Station
Bridge Street West, Middlesbrough, TS2 1AB

Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm

Redcar and Cleveland District Police Station
Troisdorf Way, Redcar, TS10 5AP

Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm

Stockton District Police Station
Thistle Green, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TZ

Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm Closed bank holidays