Total Crime Rate
380.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· 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 2EE) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 2EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abingdon Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lothian Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stamford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stamford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Croydon Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Croydon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Esher Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peirse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lothian Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peirse Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peirse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lothian Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lothian Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Transporter Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Abingdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abingdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Duncombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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