Total Crime Rate
92.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spencerfield Crescent area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 193rd lowest crime rate of 457 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 9HR) in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencerfield Crescent (TS3 9HR), the main crime hotspot is near Wayside Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brambles & Thorntree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wayside Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wayside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Repton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Repton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wayside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Skipper'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wayside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rainsford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Skipper'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencerfield Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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