Total Crime Rate
1760.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
446.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mitchell Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Stainsby Hill , and the 8th highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mitchell Avenue (TS17 9ES) in the last 12 months was 1760.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1018.5% higher than the Stainsby Hill average (157.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 446.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mitchell Avenue (TS17 9ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thornaby Shopping Centre, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (22 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheeldale Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baysdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baysdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baysdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Raisdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baysdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Staindale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornaby Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Staindale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baysdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baysdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staindale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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