Total Crime Rate
219.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Darnton Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Ladgate , and the 119th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Darnton Drive (TS4 3PE) in the last 12 months was 219.5 per 1,000 residents and was 91.2% higher than the Ladgate average (114.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 122.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Darnton Drive (TS4 3PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broughton Avenue, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coleby Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bollington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broughton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astonbury Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bollington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bollington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gretton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gretton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albourne Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albourne Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albourne Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Darnton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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