Total Crime Rate
549.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
308.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Margaret Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 29th 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 Margaret Street (TS3 6DR) in the last 12 months was 549.1 per 1,000 residents and was 214.6% higher 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 308.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Margaret Street (TS3 6DR), the main crime hotspot is near Lytton Street. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 60 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 | Constance Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lytton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Constance Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Constance Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alphonsus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lytton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lytton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alphonsus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lytton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lytton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lytton Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lytton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alphonsus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lytton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lytton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinewells Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brinewells Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Basil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saltwells Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Saltwells Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Veronica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Basil Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Basil Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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