Total Crime Rate

194.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 194.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.8 9/10
  • Burglary 20.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.2 10/10
  • Other theft 18.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Highfield Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Longlands & Beechwood , and the 134th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Road (TS4 2NP) in the last 12 months was 194.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.8% lower than the Longlands & Beechwood average (272.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -52.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 78.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Road (TS4 2NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holyrood Lane, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raines Court (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Toronto Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vancouver Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bristow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yukon Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yukon Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Yukon Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Toronto Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holyrood Lane
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holyrood Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holyrood Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Highfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Holyrood Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farndale Court
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kildale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simon Hunter Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nut Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Simon Hunter Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ottawa Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East View Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Ottawa Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ottawa Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Raines Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sunley Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Sunley Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ottawa Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Sunley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs East View Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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