Total Crime Rate

143.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 143.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 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

Westbourne Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Acklam , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 457 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 Westbourne Road (TS5 5BN) in the last 12 months was 143.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% higher than the Acklam average (98.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westbourne Road (TS5 5BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waymar Close, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Westbourne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Cambridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waymar Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bisham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Barker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burlam Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burlam Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlam Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waymar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dufton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cambridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thornfield Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlam Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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