Total Crime Rate

333.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 333.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 149.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 86.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 48.7 8/10
  • Robbery 26.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cotgarth Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree , and the 54th highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cotgarth Way (TS19 8XG) in the last 12 months was 333.3 per 1,000 residents and was 275.0% 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 Shoplifting with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 344.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cotgarth Way (TS19 8XG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bothal Drive, where police recorded 66 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cotgarth Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bothal Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bothal Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cocken Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bothal Drive —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Bothal Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bothal Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bothal Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bothal Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bothal Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Coniscliffe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bothal Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bothal Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Selwyn Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Cocken Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cocken Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cocken Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coniscliffe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coniscliffe Road —
Apr 2026Public order Cocken Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Chopwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whinfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Briardene Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chopwell Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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