Total Crime Rate

3270.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 3270.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1060.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 764.3 10/10
  • Public order 338.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 258.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 197.7 10/10
  • Drugs 171.1 10/10
  • Other theft 152.1 10/10
  • Burglary 95.1 10/10
  • Robbery 79.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 38.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 34.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 26.6 10/10
  • Other crime 26.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.6 10/10
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

Dovecot 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 1LJ) 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 1LJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dovecot Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Drugs Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hartington Road Under investigation
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 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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 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 2025Public order Derby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartington Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Regent Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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