Total Crime Rate

60.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 60.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.8 7/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

The Crescent area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Brambles & Thorntree , and the 125th lowest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Crescent (TS7 9PF) in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 63.2% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Crescent (TS7 9PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norfolk Crescent, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Netley Grove (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priestfield Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lindisfarne Road
Sep 2025Drugs The Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Netley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Netley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs The Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime The Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindisfarne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Marham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norfolk Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lealholm Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs The Link Under investigation

Data Sources

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