Total Crime Rate

188.4 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 188.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.5 10/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.3 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 11th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Ayresome , and the 139th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Northern Road (TS5 4PA) in the last 12 months was 188.4 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% higher than the Ayresome average (135.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northern Road (TS5 4PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waymar Close, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bethune Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Northern Road area

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

Data Sources

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