Total Crime Rate
270.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Normanby Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 80th 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 Normanby Road (TS7 9NX) in the last 12 months was 270.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.9% higher than the Brambles & Thorntree average (163.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 133.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Normanby Road (TS7 9NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ainsworth Way, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Normanby Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brambles & Thorntree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fleet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ainsworth Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Normanby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Normanby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newley Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stockwith Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Normanby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fleet Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stockwith Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stapleford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Normanby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Poppy Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Poppy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Poppy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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