Newcastle Courant newsdesk
Crime in Norton South: 204 offences recorded in September 2026
204 crimes were recorded in and around Norton South in September 2026, according to figures published by Cleveland Police. That is down by 56 on the 260 recorded the month before.
The most common reports were:
Violent crime: 66 reports (32% of the total) Public order: 25 reports (12% of the total) Anti social behaviour: 20 reports (10% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 18 reports (9% of the total) Shoplifting: 14 reports (7% of the total)
Figures cover crimes recorded within roughly a mile of the neighbourhood centre and are published about two months in arrears. Police record a crime at the nearest anonymised map point rather than an exact address, so street-level counts are approximate.
Source: data.police.uk, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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