Total Crime Rate
344.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
171.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laurel Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 58th 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 Laurel Street (TS1 3DR) in the last 12 months was 344.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.3% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -53.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 171.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laurel Street (TS1 3DR), the main crime hotspot is near Pine Street. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 89 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 | Robbery | Pine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newlands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Woodlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clarendon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maple Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Palm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abingdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Abingdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodlands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hazel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hazel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Muriel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Apsley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Apsley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somerset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerset Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rutland Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melrose Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jedburgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Boswell Street | Under investigation |
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