Total Crime Rate
214.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bow Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 121st highest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bow Street (TS1 4BU) in the last 12 months was 214.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% higher than the Newport average (202.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bow Street (TS1 4BU), the main crime hotspot is near Pelham Street. Police recorded 215 crimes here, including 105 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albany Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aske Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Linthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cobham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Linthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Linthorpe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Romney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craven Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cobham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craven Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selbourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Selbourne Street | Under investigation |
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