Crime Rate in Southern Villages, ward

Southern Villages has the 13th lowest crime rate of 27 wards in Stockton-on-Tees district and the 2226th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 163rd lowest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Southern Villages in the last 12 months was 89.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.4% lower than the Stockton-on-Tees district average (126.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Southern Villages’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 135 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 155 (≈ 58.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 82.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Southern Villages ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Breton Drive. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.