Total Crime Rate
211.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Balmoral Road 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 Balmoral Road (TS3 0NE) 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 Balmoral Road (TS3 0NE), 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.
View Crime In Brambles & Thorntree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Huntley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Huntley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sidcup Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidcup Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sidcup Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Newlyn Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priestfield Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lealholm Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Huntley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ordsall Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ordsall Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Balmoral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindisfarne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Netley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Netley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindisfarne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marham Close | Under investigation |
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