Total Crime Rate
59.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Piper Knowle Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree , and the 291st 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 Piper Knowle Road (TS19 8JQ) in the last 12 months was 59.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% lower than the Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree average (90.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Piper Knowle Road (TS19 8JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Scurfield Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ebchester Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmondbyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Scurfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dinsdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dinsdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dinsdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Etherley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edmondbyers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wrekenton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wrekenton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Darwin Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gooch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebchester Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstob Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Scurfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebchester Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aristotle Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Denton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whickham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raisbeck Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dipton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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