Total Crime Rate
198.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clough Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Acklam , and the 131st highest 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 Clough Close (TS5 5EX) in the last 12 months was 198.0 per 1,000 residents and was 97.2% higher than the Acklam average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 103.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clough Close (TS5 5EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clough Close, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ayresome Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Berner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayresome Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterford Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ayresome Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Addison Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ayresome Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ayresome Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ayresome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Essex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Surrey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kildare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camsell Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camsell Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kildare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kildare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kildare Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maddren Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maddren Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kildare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kildare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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