Total Crime Rate
49.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 97th lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .
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 Chapel Close (TS3 0LS) in the last 12 months was 49.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.7% lower than the Brambles & Thorntree average (174.5 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 Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Close (TS3 0LS), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woburn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leamington Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leamington Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Netley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leamington Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leamington Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woburn Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A171 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pritchett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pritchett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bournemouth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park Avenue South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Avenue South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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