Total Crime Rate

472.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 472.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 87.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 49.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 49.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 44.0 10/10
  • Burglary 38.5 10/10
  • Other theft 27.5 10/10
  • Other crime 22.0 10/10
  • Public order 22.0 9/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Robbery 11.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

South Bank Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 31st 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 South Bank Road (TS3 8AB) in the last 12 months was 472.5 per 1,000 residents and was 189.7% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 137.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Bank Road (TS3 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaumont Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peaton Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in South Bank Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Thornton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beaumont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South View Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maria Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maria Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maria Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maltby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maria Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Beaumont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hovingham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brewsdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pilkington Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brewsdale Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maria Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peaton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jefferson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peaton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Edward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peaton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Street
Sep 2025Burglary Thornton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edward Street
Sep 2025Public order Beaumont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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