Total Crime Rate
226.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dovecot Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ropner , and the 97th 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 Dovecot Street (TS18 1LL) in the last 12 months was 226.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -52.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 102.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dovecot Street (TS18 1LL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 415 crimes here, including 211 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Inn Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milbank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lightfoot Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Inn Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Inn Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Inn Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Inn Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ship Inn Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | 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 | Robbery | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarm Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yarm Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yarm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yarm Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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