Total Crime Rate
107.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rydal Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Acklam , and the 214th 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 Rydal Avenue (TS5 7BG) in the last 12 months was 107.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rydal Avenue (TS5 7BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coniston Shops (29 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 | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coniston Shops | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coniston Shops | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oldford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coniston Shops | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oldford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marlsford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wroxton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wroxton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marion Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marion Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Acklam Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullswater Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marlsford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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