Total Crime Rate
472.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cargo Fleet Lane 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 Cargo Fleet Lane (TS3 8AL) 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 Cargo Fleet Lane (TS3 8AL), the main crime hotspot is near Kindersley Street. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 34 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Addington Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Addington Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Addington Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Addington Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | South Bank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bellamy Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kindersley Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kindersley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pilkington Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bellamy Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kindersley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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