Crime Rate in Berwick Hills & Pallister, ward

Berwick Hills & Pallister has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Middlesbrough district and the 231st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 21st highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Berwick Hills & Pallister in the last 12 months was 215.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% higher than the Middlesbrough district average (194.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Berwick Hills & Pallister’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 712 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 7 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 37.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -17.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 898 (≈ 88.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Berwick Hills & Pallister ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 219 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.