Total Crime Rate
88.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spencerfield Crescent area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 192nd 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 Spencerfield Crescent (TS3 9HD) in the last 12 months was 88.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencerfield Crescent (TS3 9HD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 229 crimes here, including 32 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 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Retail Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Skipper'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Retail Park | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grantley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wayside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Retail Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Retail Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Retail Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Retail Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.