Photo: Andrew Duffell · CC BY 1.0Compared with UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Egglescliffe has less crime per resident than 89% of them
With 107 cases in the 12 months to August 2026, shoplifting reaches 10.4 per 1,000 residents in Egglescliffe, well above the typical 6.1. Its police logs show 18.1 violent and sexual offences and 10.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents a year. Violent crime was up 29% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Egglescliffe
Less crime than most places its size
Of 453 UK towns of 7,000 to 14,000 people, Egglescliffe has the 80th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Kingsteignton, Pheasey and Bourne End, higher than Wellesbourne, Elworth and Aylsham. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 29% more violent crime per resident in Egglescliffe than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage held steady (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Egglescliffe’s Safety Grade is B
A firm grade. Built on 874 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Egglescliffe against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Egglescliffe has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +29% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +3% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +66% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour +16% (towns its size -4%).
How Egglescliffe’s neighbourhoods rank in England
62% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Egglescliffe’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Egglescliffe is 80th of 453 UK towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greasby Merseyside | 9,175 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 77 | Wellesbourne Warwickshire | 7,015 | 21 | 7.1 | 7 | B |
| 78 | Elworth Cheshire | 7,646 | 23.9 | 4.5 | 6.2 | B |
| 79 | Aylsham Norfolk | 7,183 | 22.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | B |
| 80 | Egglescliffe County Durham | 10,250 | 18.1 | 10.4 | 12 | B |
| 81 | Knutsford Cheshire | 13,254 | 21.2 | 7.3 | 8.4 | B |
| 82 | Sprotbrough South Yorkshire | 7,546 | 16.2 | 12.4 | 6.8 | B |
| 83 | Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire | 8,117 | 14.4 | 14.1 | 10.8 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 331 | Pelton and Ouston County Durham | 7,305 | 31 | 20.4 | 6.8 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 394 | Brandon County Durham | 9,508 | 43.5 | 19 | 9.6 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 415 | Crook County Durham | 9,717 | 45.4 | 26 | 13.1 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 427 | Annfield Plain County Durham | 7,786 | 50.6 | 24.5 | 10.8 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 453 | City of London London | 7,820 | 252.8 | 111.5 | 710 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Egglescliffe, and others in County Durham.
Police in Egglescliffe identify a suspect less often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 81% of Egglescliffe’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 17% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (69% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 5% of violent and 10% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 291 crimes.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Egglescliffe runs highest on shoplifting (10.4 per 1,000 against 6.1) and burglary (3.3 per 1,000 against 2.4). Other crime and criminal damage & arson sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 204 | 19.9 | 30.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 107 | 10.4 | 6.1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 96 | 9.4 | 12.4 |
| Public order | not graded | 41 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 39 | 3.8 | 6.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 34 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 34 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 29 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 13 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 12 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Robbery | Violent | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Egglescliffe per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 10 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 14 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Where in Egglescliffe police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 128 | 78% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 90 | 84% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 61 | 66% shoplifting & theft |
police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Egglescliffe. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
One person died in collisions on Egglescliffe’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 23 collisions with injuries inside Egglescliffe in five years, in which one person died. 11 people were killed or seriously injured: 4 on foot and 3 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Egglescliffe’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Egglescliffe’s own rate (2.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Egglescliffe had 21.9 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8).
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Egglescliffe’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Egglescliffe
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 18.1 | 10.4 | B |
| Ingleby Barwick | 23,380 | 15.2 | 5.7 | A− |
| Yarm | 9,601 | 77 | 10.7 | D− |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 23,352 | 59.3 | 33.4 | D− |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 63.5 | 32.2 | D− |
| Stainton | 1,817 | 25 | 15 | C+ |
| Middleton St George | 4,756 | 40.9 | 12.3 | C− |
| Middlesbrough | 148,232 | 70.8 | 40.1 | D− |
Egglescliffe records more graded crime per resident than 1 of its 7 neighbours. Ingleby Barwick, 1.5 miles away, records 15.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Egglescliffe’s 18.1.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Egglescliffe sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Egglescliffe
Is Egglescliffe safe?
Police recorded 18.1 violent and sexual offences and 10.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Egglescliffe’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 60% of UK towns. Among 453 UK towns of 7,000 to 14,000 people, Egglescliffe is 80th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Egglescliffe?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 29%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft rose 66% and anti-social behaviour rose 16%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Egglescliffe?
Violence & sexual offences: 204 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (107) and public order (41), with 96 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Egglescliffe compare with Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough records 70.8 violent and sexual offences and 40.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Egglescliffe’s 18.1 and 10.4, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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