Total Crime Rate
4459.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2146.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Quay Street area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the highest crime rate of 456 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 Quay Street (TS2 1AX) in the last 12 months was 4459.9 per 1,000 residents and was 711.9% higher 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 496 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , up 150.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 616 (≈ 2146.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Quay Street (TS2 1AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodside Street, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windward Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodside Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Woodside Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Woodside Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodside Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windward Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Windward Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windward Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Scott'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dock Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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