Skelton West
WardCentral Redcar and Cleveland. About 4,504 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 10 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 65% of people in Skelton West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Skelton West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Skelton West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Skelton West at a rate of 95.8 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, 47 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Skelton West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (204), anti-social behaviour (91) and other crime (75).
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 West alone. See Redcar and Cleveland
Skelton West in brief
Skelton West had 4,449 usual residents at the census.
About 65% of people in Skelton West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Skelton West, 76.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Skelton West, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.