Total Crime Rate
541.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
265.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ross Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 30th 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 Ross Street (TS1 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 541.9 per 1,000 residents and was 167.2% 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 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -35.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 265.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ross Street (TS1 4EJ), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadogan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kildare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kildare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kildare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kildare Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kildare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kildare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kildare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Craven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craven Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wicklow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Costa Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Costa Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Costa Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Costa Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
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