Total Crime Rate

106.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 70.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thorntree Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 210th lowest crime rate of 456 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 Thorntree Avenue (TS3 9BS) in the last 12 months was 106.2 per 1,000 residents and was 39.2% lower than the Brambles & Thorntree average (174.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 128.6% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 70.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorntree Avenue (TS3 9BS), the main crime hotspot is near Cranfield Avenue. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thorntree Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Berwick Hills Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Edridge Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobblewood —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keld House Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pallister Avenue —
Apr 2026Other theft Lilac Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cranfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brylston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hanson Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Berwick Hills Avenue —
Apr 2026Burglary Edridge Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Edridge Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edridge Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilac Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilac Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilac Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobblewood —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilac Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lilac Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorntree Avenue —
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Data Sources

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