Total Crime Rate
159.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ruby Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 176th 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 Ruby Street (TS1 4DS) in the last 12 months was 159.7 per 1,000 residents and was 70.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 84.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ruby Street (TS1 4DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Cleveland Shopping Centre, where police recorded 313 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.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harris Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Head Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Head Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monkland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Amber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Cleveland Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coral Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coral Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pelham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1272 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Aidan'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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