Total Crime Rate
131.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Briar Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Stainsby Hill , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .
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 Briar Road (TS17 8NF) in the last 12 months was 131.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% lower than the Stainsby Hill average (157.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Briar Road (TS17 8NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thorntree Road, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Crescent (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stainsby Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilac Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorntree Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Thorntree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thorntree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorntree Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Briar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordy Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Laburnum Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Walnut Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorntree Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Village Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Walkley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hough Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Village Park | Under investigation |
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