Total Crime Rate

256.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

125.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 256.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 125.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 57.6 10/10
  • Drugs 26.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.9 8/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.2 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birchington Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Eston , and the 68th highest crime rate of 473 local areas in Redcar and Cleveland .

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 Birchington Avenue (TS6 7LS) in the last 12 months was 256.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% higher than the Eston average (224.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 125.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birchington Avenue (TS6 7LS), the main crime hotspot is near Birchington Avenue. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birchington Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Birchington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Griffiths Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Martindale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandsend Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sandsend Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sandsend Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Deepdale Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Deepdale Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Deepdale Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Slater Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Slater Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Slater Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaw Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Martindale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Martindale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dovedale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Birchington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birchington Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birchington Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Attlee Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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