Total Crime Rate
304.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Acklam Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Ayresome , and the 72nd 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 Acklam Road (TS5 4EA) in the last 12 months was 304.5 per 1,000 residents and was 127.2% higher than the Ayresome average (134.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Acklam Road (TS5 4EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waymar Close, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bethune Road (41 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 | Nursery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Garden Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hambledon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingsbridge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethune Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garden Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hambledon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maldon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mattison Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bethune Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scotney Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scotney Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nursery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nursery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Road | — |
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