Total Crime Rate

109.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Murdock Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 218th lowest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Murdock Road (TS3 8TB) in the last 12 months was 109.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% lower than the Brambles & Thorntree average (163.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Murdock Road (TS3 8TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marshall Court, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cranfield Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Murdock Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Marshall Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rennie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Territorial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshall Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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