Total Crime Rate
64.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cinderwood area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 139th lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cinderwood (TS3 9RH) in the last 12 months was 64.3 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cinderwood (TS3 9RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cobblewood, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chingford Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alverton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carisbrooke Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carisbrooke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobblewood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobblewood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chingford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chingford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Durnford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crestwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Calverley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Copperwood | — |
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