Did You Know?

  • Fast Facts for the Stockton Borough:
  • Stockton is officially the safest place to live in the Tees Valley!

  • Over the last three years (2008/09 - 2010/11)  we have achieved some excellent reductions in crime, including a 23.5% reduction for total crime which means 3,394 fewer victims!

  • Although Stockton is the largest district in the Tees Valley with a population increase from 186,000 to approximately 192,150 over the last seven years (2004/05 -2010/11)  crime rate has slashed by 50%!

  • Stockton falls 22.7% below the regional average for crime and 50.2% below Middlesbrough! ( 2010/11)

  • In the year 2003/04 Stockton had 20,534 recorded crimes but in 2010/11 the total was down to 10,832 crime, that's over 9,500 less crimes! 

  • Dwelling Burglary has fallen by 76%! (2010/11)

  • Vehicle theft has fallen by 80%! (2010/11)

  • Two Thirds of year 11 pupils in Stockton don't drink alcohol when socialising with friends (2009/10)

  • Three out of every five year 9 pupils in Stockton think that 'binge drinking is always a bad thing'
  • When our ASB and enforcement officers are out on patrol testing strips are used to show alcohol presence in drinks young people maybe carrying. 

  • We have 27 people on an ASBO or CRASBO in Stockton (2011)

  • From January to March 2011 Stocktons Landlord Liaison scheme gave out 986 tenant references - a great way of clamping down on Anti Social Behaviour! if you are a Landlord in Stockton you can become a member by ringing the team on 01642 527620

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