Total Crime Rate
152.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Letchworth Drive area has the 14th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree , and the 155th 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 Letchworth Drive (TS19 8JR) in the last 12 months was 152.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.8% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 105.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 77.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Letchworth Drive (TS19 8JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willow Court, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (36 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 | Ebchester Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rathnew Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebchester Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Whessoe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rathnew Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Instow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Instow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Etherley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourneville Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edmondbyers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmondbyers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rillington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Egglescliffe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Earswick Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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