Total Crime Rate
113.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree , and the 224th highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Avenue (TS19 7EF) in the last 12 months was 113.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Avenue (TS19 7EF), 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 Merlin Road (23 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 | Merlin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmsley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medina Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westerleigh Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burdon Close | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowick Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merlin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merlin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mosston Road | Under investigation |
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