Total Crime Rate
507.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
235.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ainsford Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Normanby , and the 18th highest crime rate of 473 local areas in Redcar and Cleveland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ainsford Way (TS7 9QF) in the last 12 months was 507.4 per 1,000 residents and was 220.0% higher than the Normanby average (158.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 235.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ainsford Way (TS7 9QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ainsworth Way, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Normanby Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellerbeck Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellerbeck Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellerbeck Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Springhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poppy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Springhill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poppy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poppy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakdale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellerbeck Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alderwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alderwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alderwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ellerbeck Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainsworth Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springmead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ainsworth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainsworth Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainsworth Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainsworth Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rosewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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