Total Crime Rate
44.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hickling Grove area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree , and the 219th 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 Hickling Grove (TS19 0XA) in the last 12 months was 44.9 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hickling Grove (TS19 0XA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Tree Avenue, where police recorded 47 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 | Helmsley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harewood Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoveton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welland Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowick Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medina Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mosston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melton Road | Under investigation |
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