Crime Rate in Skelton East, ward

Skelton East has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Redcar and Cleveland district and the 1318th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 124th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Skelton East in the last 12 months was 113.2 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% lower than the Redcar and Cleveland district average (137.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Skelton East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 197 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 6 cases , down -53.8% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 244 (≈ 44.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Skelton East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Byland Road, with 63 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Jervaulx Road (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.