Total Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fernwood area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Kirkleatham , and the 198th lowest crime rate of 473 local areas in Redcar and Cleveland .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fernwood (TS10 4NF) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% lower than the Kirkleatham average (132.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fernwood (TS10 4NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greystoke Grove, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxgang Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kirkleatham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cochrane Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxgang Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Principal Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greystoke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greystoke Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greystoke Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greystoke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxgang Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oxgang Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxgang Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxgang Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wrentree Close | Under investigation |
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