Total Crime Rate

127.1 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.3 per 1,000 8/10 Β· 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 127.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 53.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Westgate area has the 20th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Belmont , and the 177th highest crime rate of 473 local areas in Redcar and Cleveland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Westgate (TS14 6NL) in the last 12 months was 127.1 per 1,000 residents and was 110.3% higher than the Belmont average (60.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (β‰ˆ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westgate (TS14 6NL), the main crime hotspot is near Howlbeck Road. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Westgate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Foundry Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Howlbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Allison Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howlbeck Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howlbeck Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howlbeck Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howlbeck Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howlbeck Road β€”
Apr 2026Public order Howlbeck Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Howlbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Stump Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howlbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Howlbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wilson Street β€”
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Cleveland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Danesfort Avenue β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitwell Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wilson Street β€”
Apr 2026Public order Cleveland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cleveland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Venables Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Lane β€”
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wilson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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