Burglary in Cleveland: police data to August 2026

Police.uk open data for Cleveland to August 2026, analysed by CCTV Master. Part of our UK burglary study; updated quarterly; this edition was published 8 October 2026.

Key findings

• Cleveland Police recorded 3,779 burglaries in the year to August 2026, against 3,673 in the year before (+2.9%). The change is within the ordinary month-to-month variation for Cleveland, so we describe it as little changed.
• Council areas: burglary rose in 1 and fell in 1 of the 4 council areas below; in the rest the change was too small to call.
• Outcomes: 68.9% of burglaries recorded in the year to August 2025 ended with no suspect identified, against 72.6% across England and Wales.
• Busiest month: September averaged 12.3 burglaries a day over three years, 29.5% more than January.
• Nationally: burglary changed by -2.9% across 39 forces and rose in 15 of them; Cleveland's change ranks 13 of 39 (1 is the largest rise).

Burglary by council area in Cleveland

Recorded burglaries in each council area where Cleveland Police recorded at least 80% of the burglaries:

Council area	Year to August 2025	Year to August 2026	Change	Per 1,000 residents	No suspect identified (year to August 2025)
Hartlepool	584	622	+6.5% (little changed)	6.7	69.0%
Middlesbrough	1,175	1,007	-14.3% (fell)	7.0	70.4%
Redcar and Cleveland	957	976	+2.0% (little changed)	7.1	70.4%
Stockton-on-Tees	956	1,172	+22.6% (rose)	6.0	65.3%

A change is called a rise or a fall only when it is statistically clear and at least 10%; see how the study is compiled. Rates use Census 2021 residents. police.uk burglary includes business premises, so council areas with many businesses and few residents show higher rates: they are context, not a ranking. A further 2 burglaries recorded by Cleveland Police in the year to August 2026 were placed in council areas mostly policed by other forces (North Yorkshire); they count towards the force total but not the table.

What happened to burglaries in Cleveland

Latest outcome on police.uk for burglaries recorded in the year to August 2025, so each case had at least a year to progress:

Latest outcome	Cleveland	England and Wales
Investigation complete; no suspect identified	68.9% (2,529)	72.6%
Unable to prosecute suspect	19.5% (718)	15.5%
Court-related	10.4% (381)	7.2%
Status update unavailable	0.8% (31)	3.8%
Other outcomes	0.4% (14)	0.8%

Based on 3,673 burglaries. Differences partly reflect how each force records outcomes, so this is not a measure of police performance.

When burglary peaks in Cleveland

Average recorded burglaries per day in each calendar month, over three years (September 2023 to August 2026):

Month	Per day
January	9.5
February	9.9
March	10.0
April	10.6
May	11.2
June	10.9
July	11.3
August	11.7
September	12.3
October	10.9
November	10.2
December	9.6

Data notes

• Figures are police.uk street-level records for Cleveland Police, September 2023 to August 2026. They are operational data, not official statistics, and can differ from ONS and Home Office publications.
• Council areas are named as they are today, so police.uk's older district names are counted under the council that replaced them in April 2023: Hambleton, Scarborough as North Yorkshire.
• How the study is compiled: methodology.

Edition history

Figures quoted from an earlier edition stay traceable here:

Edition	Burglaries (year to edition)	Change on the year before
August 2026	3,779	+2.9%

If you are reviewing your home security

This section is practical guidance, not a finding from the data.

• Check what your cameras show at night. Most burglaries end without a suspect being identified, and a camera only helps if a face or a number plate can be made out after dark.
• Keep footage long enough to hand over. A burglary discovered days later needs a recording that still exists. Work out how many days your recorder holds with the CCTV storage calculator.
• Know the rules before you record beyond your boundary. Our UK burglary study summarises the ICO guidance on home CCTV.

Reuse and sources

• police.uk open data and its August 2026 archive.
• Population: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 usual residents (Nomis).

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About this study. Compiled by CCTV Master, Quill St, Hanger Ln, London W5 1DN. CCTV Master is operated by CCTV MASTER LTD (company number 16356510). No police force or public body was involved in, or has endorsed, this analysis.