Church of St Lawrence · Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0More violent crime is recorded per resident in Middleton St George than in 86% of UK towns
Violence recorded locally dropped 11% in a year. Typical years here bring 40.9 violent and sexual offences plus 12.3 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Graded on crimes police recorded inside Middleton St George’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it scores C− for safety: #18 of 52 in County Durham. With 104 cases in the 12 months to August 2026, anti-social behaviour reaches 21.9 per 1,000 residents locally, well above the typical 8.8.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Middleton St George
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 11% less violent crime per resident in Middleton St George than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage fell 15% (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 706 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, Middleton St George has the 613th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than North Petherton, Treherbert and Whalley, higher than Appleby-in-Westmorland, Drighlington and East Tilbury. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The C− for Middleton St George, and how it is built
A firm grade. Built on 758 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Middleton St George 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 Middleton St George’s neighbourhoods rank in England
37% 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.
Middleton St George’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.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Middleton St George runs highest on anti-social behaviour (21.9 per 1,000 against 8.8), criminal damage & arson (8.2 per 1,000 against 4.5) and violence & sexual offences (38.1 per 1,000 against 22.4).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 181 | 38.1 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 104 | 21.9 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 39 | 8.2 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 19 | 4 | 3.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 19 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 12 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| Other crime | not graded | 9 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 7 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 7 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 5 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.2 | 0 |
“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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Of 706 towns its size, Middleton St George is 613th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailrigg Lancashire | 4,788 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 116 | Wynyard County Durham | 4,040 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 12.3 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 294 | Great Lumley County Durham | 3,627 | 21.1 | 8.6 | 3.3 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 304 | Lanchester County Durham | 3,510 | 19.6 | 10.5 | 5.5 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 321 | Sedgefield County Durham | 4,979 | 19.6 | 11.3 | 13.5 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 610 | Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbria | 3,233 | 42.4 | 10.4 | 6.8 | C− |
| 611 | Drighlington West Yorkshire | 5,280 | 35.2 | 17.6 | 12.3 | C− |
| 612 | East Tilbury Essex | 5,751 | 37.2 | 15.7 | 8.8 | C− |
| 613 | Middleton St George County Durham | 4,756 | 40.9 | 12.3 | 5 | C− |
| 614 | Cottam Lancashire | 5,507 | 37.4 | 16.1 | 8.6 | C− |
| 615 | Spilsby Lincolnshire | 3,671 | 40.4 | 13.5 | 7.8 | C− |
| 616 | Glanaman Dyfed | 3,866 | 39.4 | 14.7 | 6.3 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 706 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 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 Middleton St George, and others in County Durham.
How crime in Middleton St George has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-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 -11% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -15% (towns its size -1%), shoplifting and theft +12% (towns its size +2%), anti-social behaviour -5% (towns its size +0%).
Crime in Middleton St George 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 12 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 6 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 67% of Middleton St George’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 6% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (71% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 6% of violent and 2% 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. 248 crimes.
No one died in a collision on Middleton St George’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 8 collisions with injuries inside Middleton St George in five years. 3 people were killed or seriously injured: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Middleton St George is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Middleton St George’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 4 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Middleton St George had 3.
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 Middleton St George’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Middleton St George
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton St George | 4,756 | 40.9 | 12.3 | C− |
| Hurworth-on-Tees | 2,667 | 19.1 | 6 | B+ |
| Darlington | 93,022 | 45.2 | 25.8 | D |
| Egglescliffe | 10,250 | 18.1 | 10.4 | B |
| Yarm | 9,601 | 77 | 10.7 | D− |
| Ingleby Barwick | 23,380 | 15.2 | 5.7 | A− |
| Stillington | 1,407 | 28.7 | 14 | C |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 84,824 | 63.5 | 32.2 | D− |
Middleton St George records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Hurworth-on-Tees, 3.6 miles away, records 19.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Middleton St George’s 40.9.
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
- Big public sites inside the boundary. police.uk counted 190 at or near a hospital over three years. They count in Middleton St George’s rate, as they would for any town that has them.
- 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 Middleton St George 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 Middleton St George
Is Middleton St George safe?
Police recorded 40.9 violent and sexual offences and 12.3 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Middleton St George’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 18% of UK towns. Among 706 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, Middleton St George is 613th from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Middleton St George?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 11%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 15%, shoplifting and theft rose 12% and anti-social behaviour held steady. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Middleton St George?
Violence & sexual offences: 181 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (39) and public order (19), with 104 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Middleton St George 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 Middleton St George’s 40.9 and 12.3, 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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