Crap Towns / Middlesbrough / Crime

How much crime is there in Middlesbrough?

The police recorded 169 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Middlesbrough from September 2023 to August 2026, 2.2 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 65.6. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 175, up from 172 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	172	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	159	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	175	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	65.6	34.1
Criminal damage and arson	21.9	7.0
Shoplifting	18.4	7.1
Public order	15.0	6.6
Vehicle crime	9.5	3.8
Other theft	9.4	5.4
Burglary	8.6	3.1
Drugs	7.5	2.4
Other crime	5.5	2.0
Robbery	3.4	0.6
Possession of weapons	1.8	0.8
Bicycle theft	1.3	0.5
Theft from the person	0.9	0.4

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Thornaby-on-Tees	5.0 km	174
Middlesbrough	–	169
Eston	4.3 km	157
Stockton-on-Tees	7.7 km	147
Redcar	10.9 km	110
Yarm	10.2 km	108
Billingham	6.6 km	90.1
Guisborough	10.4 km	79.1
Marske-by-the-Sea	13.2 km	61.2
Egglescliffe	9.6 km	46.6
Ingleby Barwick	7.5 km	35.5
The typical town	–	76.2