Total Crime Rate
1901.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1492.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farndale Road area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Longlands & Beechwood , and the 4th highest crime rate of 456 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 Farndale Road (TS4 2PL) in the last 12 months was 1901.5 per 1,000 residents and was 587.0% higher than the Longlands & Beechwood average (276.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 402 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 500 (≈ 1492.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 503.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farndale Road (TS4 2PL), the main crime hotspot is near Belle Vue Shops. Police recorded 100 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moray Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadleigh Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holyrood Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holyrood Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holyrood Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sunley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East View Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bristow Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lansdowne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Farndale Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toronto Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Toronto Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | East View Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coppice Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coppice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coppice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | East View Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | East View Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hadleigh Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Court Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanhope Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raines Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Shops | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Belle Vue Shops | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belle Vue Shops | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belle Vue Shops | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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