Yarm
Middle areaSouth Stockton-on-Tees. 11,744 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 18 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Yarm live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Yarm
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Yarm at a rate of 176.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 144.1 per 1,000 people across Stockton-on-Tees.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,614 |
| Other crime | 134 |
| Shoplifting | 115 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 94 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 42 |
| Vehicle crime | 38 |
| Burglary | 18 |
| Drug offences | 15 |
| Robbery | 7 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Yarm compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Yarm safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Yarm at a rate of 176.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 144.1 per 1,000 people across Stockton-on-Tees.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 202 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Yarm.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,614), other crime (134) and shoplifting (115).
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 Stockton-on-Tees
These figures are published for the whole of Stockton-on-Tees, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Stockton-on-Tees and not Yarm alone. See Stockton-on-Tees
Yarm in brief
The median price paid for a home in Yarm was £272,995 in 2025.
Yarm had 11,015 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Yarm live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Yarm, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.