Total Crime Rate

217.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 217.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Other theft 14.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.5 9/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lawson Walk area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ropner , and the 96th highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lawson Walk (TS18 1HY) in the last 12 months was 217.4 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% higher than the Ropner average (203.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 130.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawson Walk (TS18 1HY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 274 crimes here, including 152 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lawson Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartington Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Snowdrop Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dovecot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dovecot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dovecot Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartington Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartington Road —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaftesbury Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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