Total Crime Rate
554.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
303.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newport Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Newport , and the 26th 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 Newport Road (TS1 5PS) in the last 12 months was 554.1 per 1,000 residents and was 173.3% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -68.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 303.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newport Road (TS1 5PS), the main crime hotspot is near Outram Street. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nugent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowley Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Howard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wembley Street | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowley Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gough Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nugent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Nugent Avenue | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Orwell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowley Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Outram Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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