Total Crime Rate

269.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 269.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 46.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.5 9/10
  • Burglary 36.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 9/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hawthorn Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Billingham South , and the 73rd 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 Hawthorn Avenue (TS23 1EE) in the last 12 months was 269.1 per 1,000 residents and was 197.6% higher than the Billingham South average (90.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 89.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawthorn Avenue (TS23 1EE), the main crime hotspot is near Stockton Street. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorn Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson By Pass Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnybrow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Station Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stockton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parklands Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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