Total Crime Rate

164.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

99.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 164.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 99.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.5 10/10
  • Drugs 14.7 9/10
  • Public order 14.7 9/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.8 9/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Orpington Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Berwick Hills & Pallister , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Orpington Road (TS3 0DP) in the last 12 months was 164.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% lower than the Berwick Hills & Pallister average (217.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 99.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orpington Road (TS3 0DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Huntley Close, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blanchland Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Orpington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melsonby Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Otley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Carmarthen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carmarthen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Carmarthen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Carmarthen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Endeston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roxby Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penistone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Melsonby Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Otley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Radnor Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blanchland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Radnor Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southmead Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ilford Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Ilford Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ilford Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ludford Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kelsall Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kelsall Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melsonby Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Carmarthen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penistone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Netherby Green
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Melsonby Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orpington Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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