Total Crime Rate
380.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Douglas Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 48th 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 Douglas Street (TS4 2BL) in the last 12 months was 380.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% lower 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 190.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1432.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Douglas Street (TS4 2BL), the main crime hotspot is near Lytton Street. Police recorded 103 crimes here, including 53 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peirse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Croydon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Croydon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lytton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lytton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lytton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peirse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peirse Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lytton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Breckon Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Douglas Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wray Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wray Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wray Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Palin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Angle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ely Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ely Street | Under investigation |
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