Total Crime Rate
218.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Burnholme Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 113th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burnholme Avenue (TS3 9DA) in the last 12 months was 218.4 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 139.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burnholme Avenue (TS3 9DA), the main crime hotspot is near Cotswold Avenue. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brambles & Thorntree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elvington Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cotswold Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotswold Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kedward Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kedward Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lilac Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northfleet Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elvington Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cargo Fleet Shops | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cargo Fleet Shops | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cargo Fleet Shops | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cargo Fleet Shops | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elvington Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cotswold Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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