Total Crime Rate

65.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 65.6 6/10
  • Violent crimes 49.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Skelton Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Brotton , and the 184th lowest crime rate of 473 local areas in Redcar and Cleveland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Skelton Road (TS12 2TJ) in the last 12 months was 65.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% lower than the Brotton average (99.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Skelton Road (TS12 2TJ), the main crime hotspot is near Errington Street. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Skelton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilac Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Laburnum Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Railway Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jackson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jackson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jackson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dixon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Hawthorn Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broadbent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maple Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Broadbent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Broadbent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Maple Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Maple Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maple Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Errington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Day Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Back Child Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Day Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodside
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Day Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foster Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chestnut Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Day Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foster Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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