Total Crime Rate
213.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cotswold Crescent area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Billingham Central , and the 107th 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 Cotswold Crescent (TS23 2QB) in the last 12 months was 213.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% higher than the Billingham Central average (139.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 81.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 380.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotswold Crescent (TS23 2QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cheviot Crescent (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheviot Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braid Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Braid Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braid Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pentland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pentland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cheviot Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lennox Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Beeches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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