Total Crime Rate

279.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 279.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 53.2 10/10
  • Burglary 26.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.6 7/10
  • Drugs 13.3 9/10
  • Other crime 13.3 10/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Pensby Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Ladgate , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pensby Avenue (TS4 3QN) in the last 12 months was 279.1 per 1,000 residents and was 163.2% higher than the Ladgate average (106.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 139.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pensby Avenue (TS4 3QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broughton Avenue, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morpeth Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pensby Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broughton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broughton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broughton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oswestry Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Morpeth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsop Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunsop Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dunsop Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Morpeth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Morpeth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broughton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broughton Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Forfar Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingcraft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forfar Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broughton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunbar Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broughton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broughton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kesteven Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broughton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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