Crime Rates at Cottingham Drive, Middlesbrough, TS3 8LE

Cottingham Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Berwick Hills & Pallister , and the 38th 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 Cottingham Drive (TS3 8LE) in the last 12 months was 432.3 per 1,000 residents and was 92.6% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 209.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottingham Drive (TS3 8LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Byfleet Avenue, where police recorded 44 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.