Total Crime Rate
256.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birchington 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.
View Crime In Grangetown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Birchington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Griffiths Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Martindale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandsend Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandsend Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandsend Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deepdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deepdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deepdale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Slater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Slater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martindale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Martindale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovedale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birchington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchington Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchington Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Attlee Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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