Total Crime Rate

211.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 211.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 20.8 7/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lealholm Crescent area has the 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 118th highest crime rate of 457 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 Lealholm Crescent (TS3 0EY) in the last 12 months was 211.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% higher than the Brambles & Thorntree average (163.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lealholm Crescent (TS3 0EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Huntley Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Netley Grove (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lealholm Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Huntley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lealholm Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartland Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartland Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Selset Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Selset Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sidcup Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidcup Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Sidcup Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ordsall Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ordsall Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norfolk Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Newlyn Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priestfield Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Netley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Marham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lindisfarne Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Huntley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindisfarne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime The Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Huntley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Netley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Huntley Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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