Crap Towns / Guisborough / Crime

How much crime is there in Guisborough?

The police recorded 79.1 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Guisborough from September 2023 to August 2026, about the same as the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 29.6. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 75.4, down from 82.2 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	82.2	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	79.8	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	75.4	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	29.6	34.1
Shoplifting	16.1	7.1
Criminal damage and arson	9.8	7.0
Public order	6.8	6.6
Burglary	4.5	3.1
Other theft	4.2	5.4
Other crime	2.4	2.0
Vehicle crime	2.3	3.8
Drugs	1.7	2.4
Possession of weapons	0.7	0.8
Robbery	0.6	0.6
Bicycle theft	0.3	0.5
Theft from the person	0.2	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Thornaby-on-Tees	15.3 km	174
Middlesbrough	10.4 km	169
Eston	7.3 km	157
Redcar	8.4 km	110
Billingham	15.7 km	90.1
Brotton	8.6 km	88.2
Skelton	6.1 km	80.7
Guisborough	–	79.1
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	7.2 km	78.7
Marske-by-the-Sea	7.1 km	61.2
Ingleby Barwick	16.8 km	35.5
The typical town	–	76.2