Total Crime Rate
170.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Balmoral Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 165th 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 Balmoral Road (TS3 0ND) in the last 12 months was 170.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 74.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Balmoral Road (TS3 0ND), the main crime hotspot is near Netley Grove. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 24 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 | Violence and sexual offences | The Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Netley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lealholm Crescent | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lealholm Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lealholm Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Endeston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carmarthen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carmarthen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carmarthen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carmarthen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prescot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Revesby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carmarthen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norfolk Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pritchett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pritchett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pritchett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blanchland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bournemouth Avenue | Under investigation |
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