Total Crime Rate
209.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cranfield Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 121st 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 Cranfield Avenue (TS3 9DW) in the last 12 months was 209.2 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 124.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cranfield Avenue (TS3 9DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barsford Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barras Grove (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brambles & Thorntree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colmore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barras Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrington Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Barras Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barras Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barras Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Barras Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barras Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barras Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marshall Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brylston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Marshall Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barsford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Barsford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brylston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colmore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbrook Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colmore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colmore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbrook Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Colmore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Millbrook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colmore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Millbrook Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hanson Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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