Total Crime Rate

92.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Sefton Road 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 Sefton Road (TS3 9PX) 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 Sefton Road (TS3 9PX), the main crime hotspot is near Alconbury Way. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sefton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Wayside Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alconbury Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wayside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alconbury Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wayside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wayside Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sefton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sefton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Alconbury Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainsford Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Greenway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencerfield Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alconbury Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Greenway Under investigation
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Data Sources

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