Total Crime Rate
188.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Melbourne Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ropner , and the 113th 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 Melbourne Street (TS18 1PB) in the last 12 months was 188.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% lower than the Ropner average (203.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (β 83.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melbourne Street (TS18 1PB), 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.
View Crime In Ropner| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bakery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunmail Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartington Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartington Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunmail Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunmail Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunmail Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunmail Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunmail Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dunmail Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dunmail Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunmail Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunmail Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunmail Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dunmail Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bakery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vicarage Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vicarage Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vicarage Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vicarage Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Vicarage Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Britannia Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowdrop Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Britannia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartington Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stamp Street | β |
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