Closure Order Granted and Second Closure Order Extended in Middlesbrough

A closure order was granted for a property in the Newport ward of Middlesbrough on Friday 7^th June after Cleveland Police and the local authority applied at Teesside Magistrates Court.

The property on Worcester Street has been closed for three months following reports of violence and disorder; including altercations spilling into the street, weapons recovered and drugs activity.

The tenant will now not be able to return to the property for at least three months.

Officers also made representations to extend a further closure order which was granted in March this year, at a property on Jubilee Street after concerns were raised by residents in the area around serious crime and disorder, nuisance and drugs supply. 

This extension was granted, and it will therefore remain closed for a further three months.

Inspector Darren Birkett from Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “As always we take complaints very seriously and listen to our local communities. Using all tools available to us in operational policing, we will look to take action against those who cause misery in our communities.

“It is unacceptable that people cause others to live in fear, and now we have positive outcomes at court which have allowed us to remove those people from disrupting the lives of law-abiding people.  

“I would urge anyone who wishes to raise concerns about tenants at a property who may be causing crime and antisocial behaviour in their area, to contact Cleveland Police on 101.”

*** Pic shows: Police and council boarding up the property ***