Crap Towns / Eston / Crime

How much crime is there in Eston?

The police recorded 157 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Eston from September 2023 to August 2026, 2.1 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 58.4. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 162, up from 151 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	151	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	156	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	162	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	58.4	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	25.3	7.0
Shoplifting	16.1	7.1
Public order	12.3	6.6
Burglary	11.2	3.1
Other theft	10.2	5.4
Drugs	6.9	2.4
Vehicle crime	6.6	3.8
Other crime	4.7	2.0
Robbery	2.4	0.6
Possession of weapons	1.6	0.8
Bicycle theft	0.9	0.5
Theft from the person	0.3	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Thornaby-on-Tees	9.0 km	174
Middlesbrough	4.3 km	169
Eston	–	157
Stockton-on-Tees	11.2 km	147
Redcar	6.7 km	110
Billingham	8.4 km	90.1
Skelton	11.4 km	80.7
Guisborough	7.3 km	79.1
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	11.2 km	78.7
Marske-by-the-Sea	8.9 km	61.2
Ingleby Barwick	11.8 km	35.5
The typical town	–	76.2