Total Crime Rate
164.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Otley Avenue 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 Otley Avenue (TS3 0DS) 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 Otley Avenue (TS3 0DS), 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.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norfolk Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penistone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Endeston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Radnor Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Radnor Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Otley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Otley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penistone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orpington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blanchland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carmarthen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carmarthen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carmarthen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carmarthen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carmarthen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lealholm Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lealholm Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lealholm Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelsall Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelsall Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selset Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sidcup Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidcup Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sidcup Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lealholm Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Crescent | Under investigation |
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