Total Crime Rate
88.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rainsford 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 Rainsford Crescent (TS3 9HJ) 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 Rainsford Crescent (TS3 9HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 263 crimes here, including 46 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 | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alconbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alconbury Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Close | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Millbrook Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbrook Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millbrook Avenue | 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 | Public order | Alconbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alconbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alconbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alconbury Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alconbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | 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 | 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 | Other theft | Grantley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alconbury Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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