Skelton East
WardSouth east Redcar and Cleveland. About 4,416 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 64% of people in Skelton East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Skelton East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Skelton East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Skelton East at a rate of 84.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 135.8 per 1,000 people across Redcar and Cleveland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 27 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Skelton East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (93), anti-social behaviour (64) and shoplifting (50).
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.
Figures for the whole of Redcar and Cleveland
These figures are published for the whole of Redcar and Cleveland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Redcar and Cleveland and not Skelton East alone. See Redcar and Cleveland
Skelton East in brief
Skelton East had 4,382 usual residents at the census.
About 64% of people in Skelton East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Skelton East, 71.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Skelton East, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.