Crime and Safety in Stockton-on-Tees
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Stockton-on-Tees is the second most dangerous major town in Durham, and is among the top 20 most dangerous overall out of Durham's 169 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Stockton-on-Tees in 2026 is 123 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Durham's overall crime rate, coming in 33% higher than the Durham rate of 93 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Stockton-on-Tees is the third most dangerous major town, and the 226th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In November 2025, Stockton-on-Tees had the worst crime rate in Durham for robbery, with 32 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.32 per 1,000 daytime population. June 2022 was also a bad month for Stockton-on-Tees residents, when it was Durham's most dangerous area for theft from the person, recording 14 crimes at a rate of 0.15 per 1,000 daytime population. Stockton-on-Tees recorded 14 reports of theft from the person during October 2018, making its crime rate of 0.15 once more the worst for theft from the person in Durham that month.
The most common crimes in Stockton-on-Tees are violence and sexual offences, with 4,933 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 49. This is 0.70% lower than 2025's figure of 4,968 offences and a difference of 0.36 from 2025's crime rate of 50. Stockton-on-Tees's least common crime is theft from the person, with 61 offences recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 61 crimes.
Stockton-on-Tees 2026 Crime Scorecard
Second Most Dangerous
Major Towns, Durham
45% higher, regional crime rate
North East
71% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Stockton-on-Tees is 45% higher than the North East and 71% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Stockton-on-Tees Crime Rate Over Time
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Stockton-on-Tees Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Stockton-on-Tees 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 Stockton-on-Tees's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Stockton-on-Tees up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Stockton-on-Tees's 2,524 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
Stockton-on-Tees • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Stockton-on-Tees has a crime risk score of 641. This is based on analysis of 2,524 nearby areas within Stockton-on-Tees, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
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 Stockton-on-Tees's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Stockton-on-Tees, crime risk scores are typically around 641, while in Durham they are average 597.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 700 (620 for Durham), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 755 (Durham 654).
Trends in Crime Risk
Stockton-on-Tees
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.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 25% in Stockton-on-Tees'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 Stockton-on-Tees's crime risk score is down by 0.78%. 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, Stockton-on-Tees's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 6%, 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
Stockton-on-Tees
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
Stockton-on-Tees • 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.
Robbery offences have a crime rate of 2.77 reports per 1,000 people in Stockton-on-Tees, which is 2.35 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 277 crime reports logged by Cleveland Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Cleveland Police recorded 1,467 reports of Shoplifting in Stockton-on-Tees, resulting in a crime rate of 15 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 2.06.
The crime rate for Burglary is 2.01 times the national average at 6.29 reports per 1,000. This is from 629 crime reports reported to Cleveland Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Stockton-on-Tees
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.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.90 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 1.22 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 138% over this timeframe.
Theft From the Person offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.17 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 1.15 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 85% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Stockton-on-Tees
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.68 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.92 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 12% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.57 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 2.71 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 42% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 2.15 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.97 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 9% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Stockton-on-Tees • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Stockton-on-Tees | Durham | North East | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 2,507 | 25.07 | 1.77 | 21,236 | 21.77 | 1.54 | 60,647 | 19.76 | 1.40 |
| Bicycle Theft | 75 | 0.75 | 1.03 | 442 | 0.45 | 0.62 | 1,566 | 0.51 | 0.70 |
| Burglary | 629 | 6.29 | 2.01 | 4,323 | 4.45 | 1.42 | 12,568 | 4.10 | 1.31 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 1,236 | 12.36 | 1.97 | 12,150 | 12.48 | 1.99 | 31,671 | 10.32 | 1.64 |
| Drugs | 559 | 5.59 | 1.81 | 2,604 | 2.67 | 0.86 | 7,960 | 2.59 | 0.84 |
| Other Crime | 446 | 4.46 | 2.41 | 3,366 | 3.45 | 1.86 | 10,427 | 3.40 | 1.84 |
| Other Theft | 746 | 7.46 | 1.31 | 5,251 | 5.39 | 0.95 | 16,082 | 5.24 | 0.92 |
| Possession of Weapons | 136 | 1.36 | 1.60 | 865 | 0.89 | 1.05 | 2,627 | 0.84 | 0.99 |
| Public Order | 1,027 | 10.27 | 1.77 | 7,032 | 7.21 | 1.24 | 22,100 | 7.21 | 1.24 |
| Robbery | 277 | 2.77 | 2.35 | 956 | 0.99 | 0.84 | 3,786 | 1.23 | 1.04 |
| Shoplifting | 1,467 | 14.67 | 2.06 | 11,443 | 11.74 | 1.65 | 33,748 | 10.99 | 1.54 |
| Theft From the Person | 61 | 0.61 | 0.43 | 367 | 0.36 | 0.23 | 1,449 | 0.47 | 0.30 |
| Vehicle Crime | 726 | 7.26 | 1.69 | 3,887 | 3.99 | 0.93 | 11,617 | 3.77 | 0.88 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 4,933 | 49.36 | 1.62 | 37,505 | 38.47 | 1.27 | 104,999 | 34.22 | 1.13 |
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Total Crime by Year
Stockton-on-Tees | Durham | North East | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 12,318 | 123.21 | 1.71 | 90,191 | 92.54 | 1.29 | 260,600 | 84.89 | 1.18 |
| 2025 | 11,872 | 119.41 | 1.61 | 88,066 | 90.91 | 1.23 | 272,201 | 89.21 | 1.21 |
| 2024 | 12,988 | 132.19 | 1.75 | 94,185 | 98.24 | 1.30 | 285,067 | 94.47 | 1.25 |
| 2023 | 14,089 | 145.79 | 1.85 | 98,214 | 103.45 | 1.31 | 295,603 | 99.04 | 1.25 |
| 2022 | 12,303 | 129.76 | 1.69 | 87,295 | 93.37 | 1.22 | 273,599 | 93.03 | 1.21 |
| 2021 | 10,446 | 111.04 | 1.62 | 81,877 | 88.29 | 1.29 | 250,848 | 85.95 | 1.25 |
| 2020 | 11,352 | 120.33 | 1.62 | 88,443 | 95.52 | 1.29 | 276,026 | 94.68 | 1.28 |
| 2019 | 11,953 | 125.98 | 1.65 | 91,887 | 99.51 | 1.31 | 298,335 | 102.44 | 1.34 |
| 2018 | 9,640 | 101.79 | 1.43 | 84,427 | 91.51 | 1.29 | 280,195 | 96.33 | 1.35 |
| 2017 | 8,657 | 91.68 | 1.43 | 67,067 | 72.65 | 1.14 | 226,807 | 78.00 | 1.22 |
| 2016 | 2,715 | 28.81 | 1.51 | 19,601 | 21.18 | 1.11 | 66,798 | 22.96 | 1.20 |
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Stockton-on-Tees Compared to Nearby Major Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Major Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartlepool | 12,826 | 136.45 | 11% more dangerous |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 12,318 | 123.21 | - |
| Darlington | 9,299 | 87.63 | 29% safer |
Comparing Stockton-on-Tees to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 35% safer |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 33% safer |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 32% safer |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 21% safer |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 15% safer |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 15% safer |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 14% safer |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 13% safer |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 13% safer |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 123.21 | - |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 1.5% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Stockton-on-Tees's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Stockton-on-Tees that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| The Green | 15 | 1 | 7 | - | 18 | 14 |
| Tinkers Yard Play Area | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 |
| Stockton Splash | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 19 | 20 |
| Newham Grange Park | 21 | 1 | 3 | - | 57 | 29 |
| Durham Road Cemetery | 9 | 1 | 2 | - | 16 | 26 |
| Tinkers Yard Pocket Park | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 |
| Billingham Beck Valley Country Park | 13 | 2 | 5 | - | 33 | 18 |
| Rose Garden | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 |
| Norton Sports Village | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 12 | 6 |
| Grosvenor Road Playing Field | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Spennithorne West Allotments | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Grangefield Park | 15 | - | 5 | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| West End Bowling Club | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 5 |
| Trinity Green | 55 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 69 | 65 |
| Wynyard Woodland Park | 10 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 7 |
Recent Crimes in Stockton-on-Tees
The 20 most recent crime reports in Stockton-on-Tees.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Honeycomb Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Parkin Street | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Dean Street | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Portman Road | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Routledge Road | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Dean Street | |
| April 2026 | Robbery | On or near Vicarage Street | |
| April 2026 | Robbery | On or near Dean Street | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Routledge Road | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Hazeldene Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Honister Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Dean Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Dean Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Portman Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Hury Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Vicarage Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mill Street | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Routledge Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Rothbury Avenue |
Methodology & Data Sources
Stockton-on-Tees Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Stockton-on-Tees during August 2026 will typically become available in October 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Stockton-on-Tees Data Points
For Stockton-on-Tees, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E43000004.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Stockton-on-Tees's daytime - or "workday" - population of 87,150 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Stockton-on-Tees