Crime Rates at Ruskin Avenue, Middlesbrough, TS5 8PD

Ruskin Avenue area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Ayresome , and the 186th 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 Ruskin Avenue (TS5 8PD) in the last 12 months was 85.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% lower than the Ayresome average (134.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 38.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ruskin Avenue (TS5 8PD), 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.