Total Crime Rate

1500.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

637.4 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 1500.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 637.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 343.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 292.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 273.2 10/10
  • Public order 235.5 10/10
  • Other theft 83.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 62.8 10/10
  • Drugs 42.4 10/10
  • Robbery 39.3 10/10
  • Burglary 25.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 22.0 10/10
  • Other crime 22.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.8 10/10
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 4th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 5th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (TS1 2ET) in the last 12 months was 1500.8 per 1,000 residents and was 173.2% higher 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 219 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -8.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 406 (≈ 637.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Borough Road (TS1 2ET), the main crime hotspot is near The Cleveland Shopping Centre. Police recorded 313 crimes here, including 116 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 (30/98)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Clarendon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Clarendon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clarendon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft University Of Teesside Campus Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Seaton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Seaton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boswell Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boswell Street —
Apr 2026Robbery Boswell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clarendon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences University Of Teesside Campus Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Baker Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Pine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour University Of Teesside Campus —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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