Total Crime Rate
17.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Low Lane area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Kader , and the 20th lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Low Lane (TS5 8EB) in the last 12 months was 17.9 per 1,000 residents and was 74.8% lower than the Kader average (71.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Low Lane (TS5 8EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Virginia Gardens, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hemlington Hall Road (6 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 | Low Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Osbourne Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Finchlay Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shetland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shetland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pineda Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pineda Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Osbourne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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