Total Crime Rate
51.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sorrel Close area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree , and the 247th lowest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sorrel Close (TS19 0UR) in the last 12 months was 51.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% lower than the Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree average (88.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sorrel Close (TS19 0UR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bothal Drive, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melton Road (12 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harwell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bothal Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bothal Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bothal Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bothal Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bothal Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bothal Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bothal Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Harwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bothal Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rimswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medina Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowick Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bothal Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bothal Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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