Total Crime Rate
92.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Borough Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 195th lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Borough Road (TS1 5DP) in the last 12 months was 92.5 per 1,000 residents and was 83.2% lower than the Central average (549.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Borough Road (TS1 5DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hill Street Shopping Centre, where police recorded 349 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Captain Cook Square (152 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coral Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coral Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1272 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaufort Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Clarendon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
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