The police recorded 174 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Thornaby-on-Tees from September 2023 to August 2026, 2.3 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 55.3. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 236, up from 141 in the 12 months to August 2024.