Total Crime Rate
103.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dunbar Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Ladgate , and the 207th lowest crime rate of 456 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 Dunbar Avenue (TS4 3RL) in the last 12 months was 103.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% lower than the Ladgate average (114.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dunbar Avenue (TS4 3RL), 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 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broughton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albourne Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | 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 | Caversham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albourne Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albourne Green | 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 | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Darnton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dunbar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham 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 | Shoplifting | Broughton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Astonbury Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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