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 4ED) 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 4ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Outram Street, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Craven Street (58 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 | Parliament Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craven Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craven Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faraday Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Falkland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadogan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadogan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falkland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coral Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albany Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Outram Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aske Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Walpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Outram Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cannon Park Road | — |
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