Total Crime Rate

204.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 204.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.1 10/10
  • Drugs 13.8 9/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fakenham Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Ayresome , and the 127th highest crime rate of 457 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 Fakenham Avenue (TS5 4QG) in the last 12 months was 204.2 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% higher than the Ayresome average (135.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fakenham Avenue (TS5 4QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Derby Avenue, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Endsleigh Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fakenham Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary St Francis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbury Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newbury Avenue Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Newbury Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1130 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fakenham Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fakenham Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhay Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Derby Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Price Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Price Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whinney Banks Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Endsleigh Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stainsby Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croft Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corby Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Priory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whinney Banks Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Croft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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