Total Crime Rate

165.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 165.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Roworth Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 162nd 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 Roworth Road (TS3 9PQ) in the last 12 months was 165.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% 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 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 87.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roworth Road (TS3 9PQ), the main crime hotspot is near Shrewsbury Road. Police recorded 157 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Roworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottonwood Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A171 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chingford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chingford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bamboo Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Althorpe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leamington Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Burwell Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cadwell Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castlewood Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cadwell Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Cadwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cadwell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cadwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kenmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kenmore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenmore Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Kenmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunholm Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Dunholm Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grasby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castlewood Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Castlewood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grasby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chesneywood Under investigation

Data Sources

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