Total Crime Rate
105.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barker Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Acklam , and the 209th lowest crime rate of 456 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 Barker Road (TS5 5ES) in the last 12 months was 105.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% higher than the Acklam average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barker Road (TS5 5ES), 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 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hambledon Road | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waymar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garden Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hambledon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williams Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bisham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kirkgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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