Total Crime Rate
179.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dunston Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree , and the 134th highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dunston Road (TS19 8SD) in the last 12 months was 179.8 per 1,000 residents and was 102.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 82.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunston Road (TS19 8SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caudwell Close, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunkeld Close (14 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 | Other theft | Caudwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dryburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Caudwell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carburt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carburt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whickham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whickham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whickham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whickham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whickham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carburt Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whickham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scurfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleatlam Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cleatlam Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claxton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claxton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleatlam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carburt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coatham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Coniscliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chopwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cocken Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cocken Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cocken Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coniscliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniscliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cocken Road | Under investigation |
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