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Crime in Village: 297 offences recorded in September 2026

Crime

297 crimes were recorded in and around Village in September 2026, according to figures published by Cleveland Police. That is up by 13 on the 284 recorded the month before.

The most common reports were:

Shoplifting: 131 reports (44% of the total) Violent crime: 59 reports (20% of the total) Criminal damage arson: 23 reports (8% of the total) Anti social behaviour: 21 reports (7% of the total) Vehicle crime: 16 reports (5% 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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