Total Crime Rate

380.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 380.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 143.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.7 10/10
  • Drugs 33.3 10/10
  • Burglary 30.0 10/10
  • Public order 30.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.3 10/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Robbery 13.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Douglas 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.

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Crime Over Time in Douglas Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peirse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Croydon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croydon Road
Sep 2025Public order Lytton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lytton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lytton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peirse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peirse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lytton Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Breckon Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Douglas Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wray Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wray Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wray Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Palin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Angle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ely Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ely Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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