Total Crime Rate
381.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
224.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Borough 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 3AN) 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 3AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 139 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 Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abingdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fry Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fry Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newlands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gurney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gurney Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somerset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abingdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melrose Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jedburgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boswell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boswell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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