Total Crime Rate
3270.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dovecot Street 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 Dovecot Street (TS18 1LH) in the last 12 months was 3270.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1506.1% 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 279 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 7 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 399 (≈ 1517.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dovecot Street (TS18 1LH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 439 crimes here, including 243 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ropner| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Regent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Inn Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Middle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Middle Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Middle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Middle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Middle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milbank Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Inn Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Silver Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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