TS23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Billingham, Wolviston and Cowpen Bewley, in Stockton-on-Tees.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an TS23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in TS23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How TS23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TS23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TS23 at a rate of 111.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 151.5 per 1,000 people across the TS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 304 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TS23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,131), other crime (521) and anti-social behaviour (487).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TS23 was 111.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in TS23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TS23 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TS23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton-on-Tees 001A | 1,399 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 001B | 1,503 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 001C | 1,351 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 001D | 1,279 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 001E | 1,180 | 169.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.8% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 001F | 2,454 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 002A | 1,778 | 138.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 002D | 1,567 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 002E | 1,701 | 274.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.5% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 002F | 1,687 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 003A | 1,528 | 81.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 003B | 1,345 | 186.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 65.2% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 003C | 1,545 | 140.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 003D | 1,217 | 251.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.4% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 003E | 1,193 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 003F | 1,538 | 162.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 004A | 1,185 | 140.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 004B | 1,664 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.2% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 004C | 1,526 | 119.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Stockton-on-Tees 004D | 1,264 | 163.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.9% |
MPs for TS23
- Chris McDonaldLabourMP for Stockton North100% of TS23’s postcodes
- Mr Jonathan BrashLabourMP for Hartlepool0.1% of TS23’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in TS234
Postcode sectors in TS234
Council1
Towns in TS231
Postcode districts next to TS235
Nearest rail stations4
More in the TS postcode area2
TS23 in brief
TS23 is a postcode district covering Billingham, Wolviston and Cowpen Bewley, in Stockton-on-Tees.
About 28,829 people lived in TS23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £135,000 in 2025 across 366 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 111.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TS23 was £135,000 in 2025.
TS23 had 28,403 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in TS23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In TS23, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.