Total Crime Rate
559.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crowland Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crowland Avenue (TS3 0SB) in the last 12 months was 559.7 per 1,000 residents and was 243.2% 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 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 250.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crowland Avenue (TS3 0SB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 198 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brambles & Thorntree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Netherfields Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leamington Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Althorpe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleet Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadwell Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrewsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shrewsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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