Total Crime Rate
234.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
151.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kedward Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 106th highest crime rate of 456 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 Kedward Avenue (TS3 9DB) in the last 12 months was 234.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% higher 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 151.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kedward Avenue (TS3 9DB), the main crime hotspot is near Cotswold Avenue. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pallister Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elvington Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edridge Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keld House Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edridge Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edridge Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Edridge Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elvington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elvington Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Elvington Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lilac Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Berwick Hills Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Hills Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northfleet Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorntree Avenue | — |
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