Total Crime Rate
2177.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
777.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ropner , and the 4th 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 Wellington Street (TS18 1QQ) in the last 12 months was 2177.7 per 1,000 residents and was 898.5% higher than the Ropner average (218.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 144 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 223 (≈ 777.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Street (TS18 1QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Regent Street, where police recorded 315 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (157 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stockton-On-Tees| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Britannia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hartington Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Phoenix Sidings | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milbank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smith Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bright Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bright Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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