Total Crime Rate

111.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 111.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wellesley Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Central , and the 219th lowest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellesley Road (TS4 2DQ) in the last 12 months was 111.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.4% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellesley Road (TS4 2DQ), 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 Wellesley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benedict Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Blenheim Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Basil Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Basil Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Basil Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Basil Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Magdalen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Magdalen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Blenheim Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Transporter Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blenheim Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blenheim Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blenheim Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benedict Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Basil Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Transporter Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Benedict Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Benedict Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Benedict Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margaret Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alphonsus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brinewells Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lytton Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytton Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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