Total Crime Rate

92.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 46.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.1 10/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Borough Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 195th lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (TS1 4AA) in the last 12 months was 92.5 per 1,000 residents and was 83.2% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Borough Road (TS1 4AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hill Street Shopping Centre, where police recorded 349 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Captain Cook Square (152 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Borough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/176)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Captain Cook Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Albany Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Palmer Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Smith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Smith Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Shopping Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Shopping Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Aske Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Shopping Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Shopping Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Street Shopping Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Walpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hill Street Shopping Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harris Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Harris Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Smith Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hill Street Shopping Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garnet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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