Total Crime Rate

566.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 566.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 173.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 133.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 111.9 10/10
  • Burglary 32.5 10/10
  • Drugs 28.9 10/10
  • Public order 28.9 10/10
  • Other theft 25.3 10/10
  • Robbery 18.1 10/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

The Black Path area has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Ropner , and the 18th highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Black Path (TS18 2HE) in the last 12 months was 566.8 per 1,000 residents and was 178.4% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -52.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 220.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Black Path (TS18 2HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howard Place, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Black Path area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Craister Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tilery Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Black Path
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tilery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tilery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maplewood Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tilery Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clarence Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essexport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Essexport Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tilery Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tilery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Howard Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Christopher Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Howard Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maplewood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Christopher Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilery Way
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tilery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilery Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tilery Road

Data Sources

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