Total Crime Rate

123.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.8 8/10
  • Burglary 27.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Thinford Gardens area has the 17th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Ayresome , and the 220th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thinford Gardens (TS5 8DA) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.3% lower than the Ayresome average (135.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thinford Gardens (TS5 8DA), the main crime hotspot is near Samaria Gardens. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thinford Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Samaria Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Samaria Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Virginia Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Virginia Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Virginia Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Samaria Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Samaria Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Mainsforth Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pendock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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