Total Crime Rate
231.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clough Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Acklam , and the 105th highest crime rate of 457 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 Clough Close (TS5 5DW) in the last 12 months was 231.1 per 1,000 residents and was 135.7% higher than the Acklam average (98.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -70.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clough Close (TS5 5DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Liverton Avenue, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kildare Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Acklam| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meath Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Maddren Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Surrey Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clough Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leinster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leinster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kildare Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maddren Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Maddren Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Liverton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Longford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Longford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kildare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ayresome Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ayresome Green Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wicklow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Essex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kildare Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clough Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clough Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clough Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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