Total Crime Rate

225.9 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 225.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.3 10/10
  • Public order 21.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Other crime 12.1 10/10
  • Robbery 9.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Cottingham Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Berwick Hills & Pallister , and the 108th highest crime rate of 457 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 Cottingham Drive (TS3 8LB) in the last 12 months was 225.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.6% higher than the Berwick Hills & Pallister average (224.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 126.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottingham Drive (TS3 8LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotswold Avenue, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Addington Drive (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cottingham Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delarden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotswold Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cotswold Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotswold Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delarden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotswold Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotswold Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cotswold Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotswold Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cargo Fleet Shops Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cargo Fleet Shops Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cargo Fleet Shops Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cargo Fleet Shops
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Admirals Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Admirals Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Admirals Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Admirals Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chertsey Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cottingham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desford Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desford Green Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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