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 3AT) 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 3AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 128 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boswell Street (57 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 | Rutland Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fife Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Camden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Camden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camden Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rutland Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jedburgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodlands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Palm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodlands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Woodlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Woodlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Falmouth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somerset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmouth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodlands Road | Under investigation |
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