Total Crime Rate

32.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 32.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Waterloo Road area has the lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 54th lowest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterloo Road (TS1 3JD) in the last 12 months was 32.0 per 1,000 residents and was 93.8% lower than the Central average (516.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (TS1 3JD), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 146 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Waterloo Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abingdon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Croydon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upton Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Egerton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abingdon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abingdon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Abingdon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Apsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abingdon Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teak Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Teak Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abingdon Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Errol Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Errol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Esher Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byelands Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Errol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Errol Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Palm Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Apsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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