Total Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fountains Avenue area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 69 local areas in Ingleby Barwick North , and the 72nd lowest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fountains Avenue (TS17 0TX) in the last 12 months was 18.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.2% lower than the Ingleby Barwick North average (45.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 6 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fountains Avenue (TS17 0TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beckfields Avenue, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Avebury Close (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stockton-On-Tees| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Avebury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Avebury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farne Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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