Total Crime Rate
4303.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newport Road area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .
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 Newport Road (TS1 1LE) in the last 12 months was 4303.1 per 1,000 residents and was 732.5% higher than the Central average (516.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 467 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -70.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 64.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 578 (≈ 2013.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newport Road (TS1 1LE), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 662 crimes here, including 344 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Captain Cook Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Captain Cook Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Captain Cook Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Head Street | — |
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