Total Crime Rate

143.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 143.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 93.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.1 9/10
  • Public order 16.9 9/10
  • Drugs 11.3 9/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Vehicle 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Crinklewood area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 192nd highest 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 Crinklewood (TS3 9RF) in the last 12 months was 143.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 93.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crinklewood (TS3 9RF), the main crime hotspot is near Shrewsbury Road. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Crinklewood area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Chingford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Calverley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Durnford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chingford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Calverley Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calverley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calverley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Calverley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crestwood Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Carisbrooke Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Copperwood
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shrewsbury Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Carisbrooke Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Shrewsbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shrewsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Shrewsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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