Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Borough Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 96th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (TS1 2EJ) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% lower 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 131.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Borough Road (TS1 2EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 179 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pine Street (89 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Southfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aubrey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aubrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Errol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Errol Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Errol Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Melrose Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seaton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Palm Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rutland Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Errol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elder Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Elder Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunning Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aubrey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dunning Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Street | Under investigation |
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