Total Crime Rate
256.4 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
132.5 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Bristow Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bristow Street (TS3 6JS) in the last 12 months was 256.4 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% higher than the Brambles & Thorntree average (176.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 132.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bristow Street (TS3 6JS), the main crime hotspot is near Kindersley Street. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Maria Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other crime | Maltby Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hovingham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunstall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Tunstall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Esk Street | — |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Drugs | Wake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maltby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ryedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilkington Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Ryedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Burglary | Ryedale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maltby Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Maltby Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaumont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Mccreton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Other crime | Sadberge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadberge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sadberge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sadberge Street | — |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaumont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Maltby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumont Road | — |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Under investigation |
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