Total Crime Rate

317.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 317.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 50.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.9 9/10
  • Public order 24.0 10/10
  • Burglary 21.0 10/10
  • Drugs 12.0 9/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.0 5/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Child Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Brotton , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 473 local areas in Redcar and Cleveland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Child Street (TS12 2SU) in the last 12 months was 317.4 per 1,000 residents and was 191.5% higher than the Brotton average (108.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -56.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 146.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -49.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Child Street (TS12 2SU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dixon Street, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Errington Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Child Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Broadbent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadbent Street
Sep 2025Public order Broadbent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Day Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jackson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Jackson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Errington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Errington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Jackson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jackson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jackson Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Railway Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Errington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dixon Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dixon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Street
Sep 2025Burglary Gladstone Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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