Total Crime Rate
304.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorne Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Longlands & Beechwood , and the 74th 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 Hawthorne Avenue (TS4 2TW) in the last 12 months was 304.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% higher than the Longlands & Beechwood average (276.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -35.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 118.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorne Avenue (TS4 2TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Valley Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Orchids | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alnwick Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadowsweet Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Valley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodville Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodville Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Birchwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Safflower Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keithwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Urswick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howard Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Askham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Birchwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowsweet Lane | Under investigation |
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