Total Crime Rate

132.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.9 9/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bell Close area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ropner , and the 190th 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 Bell Close (TS18 1JQ) in the last 12 months was 132.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 187.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bell Close (TS18 1JQ), the main crime hotspot is near Hartington Road. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bell Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manfield Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartington Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dean Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buchanan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartington Road
Sep 2025Robbery Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawson Street
Sep 2025Drugs Lawson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Under investigation
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

Data Sources

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