Crime Rate in Stockton Town Centre, ward

Stockton Town Centre has the highest crime rate of 27 wards in Stockton-on-Tees district and the 68th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 5th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Stockton Town Centre in the last 12 months was 355.3 per 1,000 residents and was 180.9% higher than the Stockton-on-Tees district average (126.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stockton Town Centre’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,243 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 31 cases , down -26.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 44.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -35.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,709 (≈ 160.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stockton Town Centre ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 614 crimes here, including 339 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.