Total Crime Rate
4303.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harris Street area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harris Street (TS1 5EF) in the last 12 months was 4303.1 per 1,000 residents and was 732.5% higher than the Central average (516.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 467 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -70.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 64.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 578 (≈ 2013.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harris Street (TS1 5EF), the main crime hotspot is near Captain Cook Square. Police recorded 333 crimes here, including 161 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Beaufort Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ammerston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ammerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaufort Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaufort Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaufort Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beaufort Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beaufort Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Captain Cook Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Monkland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Monkland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boundary Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Captain Cook Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Street Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Street | Under investigation |
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