Total Crime Rate
569.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Leeholme Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Billingham Central , and the 17th 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 Leeholme Road (TS23 3TA) in the last 12 months was 569.8 per 1,000 residents and was 302.4% higher than the Billingham Central average (141.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 178.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leeholme Road (TS23 3TA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Billingham Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heswall Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gainford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Billingham | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Knole Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Knole Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Knole Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Easby Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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