Total Crime Rate
87.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wardale Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Kader , and the 187th lowest crime rate of 457 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 Wardale Avenue (TS5 8TH) in the last 12 months was 87.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% higher than the Kader average (78.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wardale Avenue (TS5 8TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martindale, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baron Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kader| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Martindale | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherburn Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Runswick Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Runswick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlsdon Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartforth Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallgarth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Sands | Under investigation |
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