Total Crime Rate
129.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Worcester Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 216th 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 Worcester Street (TS1 4NU) in the last 12 months was 129.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.3% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Worcester Street (TS1 4NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caxton Street, where police recorded 110 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 | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ayresome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cobham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Outram Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Outram Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outram Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outram Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selbourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Selbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ayresome Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faraday Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Faraday Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Falkland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ayresome Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falkland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | — |
| 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 | Other theft | Aire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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