Total Crime Rate

216.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 216.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 81.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 9/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Other crime 11.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Willows area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Marton East , and the 114th highest crime rate of 457 local areas in Middlesbrough .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Willows (TS7 8BS) in the last 12 months was 216.2 per 1,000 residents and was 200.8% higher than the Marton East average (71.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -4.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Willows (TS7 8BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marton Shops, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laurel Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Willows area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perth Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Marton Shops Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monarch Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Laurel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Marton Shops Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Marton Shops Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marton Shops Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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