Total Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Forcett Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Kader , and the 194th lowest crime rate of 456 local areas in Middlesbrough .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Forcett Close (TS5 8SS) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% higher than the Kader average (71.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Forcett Close (TS5 8SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brusselton Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Partridge Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middlesbrough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlsdon Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartforth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotherstone Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlbury Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlsdon Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlsdon Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Throckley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlsdon Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Staindrop Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brusselton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Earlsdon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hallgarth Close | — |
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