Total Crime Rate
356.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Larkswood Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Kirkleatham , and the 41st highest crime rate of 473 local areas in Redcar and Cleveland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Larkswood Road (TS10 4SD) in the last 12 months was 356.9 per 1,000 residents and was 170.5% higher than the Kirkleatham average (132.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Larkswood Road (TS10 4SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Larkswood Road, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kininvie Close (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kirkleatham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Larkswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodwin Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Larkswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mapleton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foxrush Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxrush Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | East Lodge Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Egton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Egton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Larkswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Larkswood Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Larkswood Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Larkswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Larkswood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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