Total Crime Rate

207.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 207.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 88.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Northern Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Ayresome , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Northern Road (TS5 4NW) in the last 12 months was 207.8 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% higher than the Ayresome average (135.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 73.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northern Road (TS5 4NW), the main crime hotspot is near Bethune Road. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Northern Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bethune Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nesham Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethune Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bethune Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Thomson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Henwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Henwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Northern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northern Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Nesham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nesham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knights Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Merton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Knights Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsbridge Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsbridge Crescent —
Sep 2025Public order Kingsbridge Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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