Total Crime Rate
16.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scholars Gate area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Belmont , and the 41st 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 Scholars Gate (TS14 8LT) in the last 12 months was 16.8 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scholars Gate (TS14 8LT), the main crime hotspot is near Cornwall Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Lane Shops | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hutton Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Lane Shops | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hutton Lane Shops | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lealholm Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linlithgow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hutton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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