Crime Rate in Loftus, ward

Loftus has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Redcar and Cleveland district and the 1463rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 135th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Loftus in the last 12 months was 108.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Redcar and Cleveland district average (137.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Loftus’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 246 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 302 (≈ 47.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Loftus ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near A174, with 47 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Dundas Street (15 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.