St Germain's, Redcar and Cleveland: Safety
Safety
St Germain's is a safer neighbourhood than most. Crime rates here sit below both the UK and North East averages, and you'll notice shoplifting and vehicle crime have dropped noticeably over the past two years.
In 2024 and 2025, St Germain's recorded around 78 to 79 crimes per 1,000 residents. That's well below the North East average of 128 to 133, and lower than the UK average of around 89 to 92. Neighbouring Saltburn had higher rates in both years.
Anti-social behaviour did go up in 2025, but it's still significantly lower than the regional average. Shoplifting fell sharply, dropping from 123 incidents in 2024 to 69 in 2025. Vehicle crime remains low and has stayed that way.
Early figures for 2026 show a rate of 35.3 per 1,000 residents, which tracks close to the UK average of 39.6. That's a good sign for the neighbourhood.
Source: police-recorded crime for St Germain's ward (Cleveland Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. St Germain's ward: Cleveland Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
St Germain's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
79
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
North East region average
126
Neighbouring wards
Similar to
Longbeck
76
Similar to
Saltburn
85.9
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in St Germain's ward and the North East region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences34%33%
- Anti-social behaviour23%18%
- Shoplifting13%10%
- Public order9%7%
- Criminal damage and arson5%10%
- Burglary4%4%
- Vehicle crime3%4%
- Other theft3%5%
- Other crime2%3%
- Robbery2%1%
- Drugs1%3%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
- Theft from the person1%<1%
- Bicycle theft<1%1%
