Total Crime Rate
2392.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1316.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Montrose Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 456 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 Montrose Street (TS1 2HU) in the last 12 months was 2392.0 per 1,000 residents and was 335.4% 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 258 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -53.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 329 (≈ 1316.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Montrose Street (TS1 2HU), the main crime hotspot is near Albert Road. Police recorded 432 crimes here, including 241 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boswell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fry Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fry Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jedburgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boswell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melrose Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Albert Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Palm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Fry Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Mews | — |
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