Total Crime Rate
305.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
156.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cranfield Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 69th 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 Cranfield Avenue (TS3 9DW) in the last 12 months was 305.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.7% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 156.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranfield Avenue (TS3 9DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barras Grove, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cranfield Avenue (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colmore Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Berwick Hills Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbrook Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colmore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colmore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brylston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Barras Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barras Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barras Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barras Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Millbrook Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berwick Hills Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marshall Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbrook Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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