Total Crime Rate

381.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

224.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 381.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 224.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 160.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.9 10/10
  • Public order 38.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.9 10/10
  • Robbery 16.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 9.6 8/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 9.6 5/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Borough Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 46th highest crime rate of 456 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 2EQ) in the last 12 months was 381.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% lower than the Central average (549.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 224.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Borough Road (TS1 2EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Russell Street. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Borough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Abingdon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esher Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newlands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newlands Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Haddon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fife Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodside Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodside Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodside Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falmouth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Falmouth Street —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Bright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Russell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Russell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Stamford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodside Street —
Apr 2026Public order Abingdon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abingdon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Somerset Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Somerset Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodside Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodside Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Woodside Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Woodside Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Woodside Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peirse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Woodside Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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