Total Crime Rate
164.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Creekwood area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 171st highest crime rate of 456 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 Creekwood (TS3 9RL) in the last 12 months was 164.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 66.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Creekwood (TS3 9RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cobblewood, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Copperwood (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 | Robbery | Carisbrooke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobblewood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carisbrooke Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brylston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobblewood | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keld House Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Calverley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tranmere Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crestwood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Copperwood | — |
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