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

Sotherby 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 Sotherby Road (TS3 8BT) 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 Sotherby Road (TS3 8BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hawk Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A1085 (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sotherby Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Telford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Merlin Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northfleet Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hawk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hawk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawk Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cargo Fleet Shops Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cargo Fleet Shops Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cargo Fleet Shops —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cargo Fleet Shops Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kestrel Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westerby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westerby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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