Total Crime Rate
708.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
149.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bisham Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Acklam , and the 20th highest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bisham Avenue (TS5 5BS) in the last 12 months was 708.6 per 1,000 residents and was 605.5% higher than the Acklam average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -15.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 149.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bisham Avenue (TS5 5BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waymar Close, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Garden Court (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garden Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burlam Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burlam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Burlam Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hambledon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hambledon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Garden Court | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nursery Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nursery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aysgarth Road | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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