Total Crime Rate
129.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Scurfield Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree , and the 195th 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 Scurfield Road (TS19 8SJ) in the last 12 months was 129.3 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 66.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scurfield Road (TS19 8SJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caudwell Close, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chopwell Close (14 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 | Dipton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caudwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gooch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dryburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dryburn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chilton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caudwell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caudwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aristotle Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claxton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Claxton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dinsdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dunkeld Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Scurfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Scurfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Denton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleatlam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cleatlam Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Darwin Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cleatlam Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dinsdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dinsdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleatlam Close | Under investigation |
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