Total Crime Rate

61.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 61.5 6/10
  • Violent crimes 38.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ashdown Way area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Billingham Central , and the 293rd lowest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashdown Way (TS23 3EF) in the last 12 months was 61.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashdown Way (TS23 3EF), the main crime hotspot is near Flodden Way. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Ashdown Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sedgemoor Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Beamish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sedgemoor Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flodden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flodden Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flodden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Flodden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Flodden Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Flodden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Flodden Way —
Apr 2026Other theft Hastings Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sedgemoor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashdown Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lansdown Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Culloden Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beamish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashdown Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Otterburn Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hollinside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hollinside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bosworth Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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