Total Crime Rate
198.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Union Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 130th 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 Union Street (TS1 4EA) in the last 12 months was 198.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 79.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Union Street (TS1 4EA), the main crime hotspot is near Captain Cook Square. Police recorded 309 crimes here, including 152 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 | Other theft | Walpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aske Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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