Total Crime Rate
3308.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1410.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Villa Terrace area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ropner , and the 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 Villa Terrace (TS18 1JA) in the last 12 months was 3308.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1416.7% higher than the Ropner average (218.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 19.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 371 (≈ 1410.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Villa Terrace (TS18 1JA), the main crime hotspot is near Hartington Road. Police recorded 208 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stockton-On-Tees| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lawrence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarm Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parliament Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarm Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Yarm Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hartington Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hartington Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Yarm Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parliament Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parliament Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fagg Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarm Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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