Total Crime Rate
474.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
229.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orwell Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 34th 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 Orwell Street (TS1 4SP) in the last 12 months was 474.6 per 1,000 residents and was 134.1% 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 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 229.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orwell Street (TS1 4SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nugent Avenue, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orwell Street (26 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 | Wembley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nugent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nugent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nugent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nugent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nugent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aidan Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterford Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wembley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wicklow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mills Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laycock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Laycock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nugent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laycock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Liverton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Liverton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Laycock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wembley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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