March Update - Project Orme

During March, dedicated teams for Project Orme made dozens of arrests and charges and seized vehicles, cash and drugs.

Project Orme focusses on reducing crime and improving engagement with those who live in three wards in TS3 - Berwick Hills and Pallister, Park End and Beckfields and Brambles and Thorntree.

March 2025 figures also showed a total crime reduction of over 12%, when compared to March 2024. This includes a decrease of 26 vehicle crime offences, and a reduction of nine commercial burglaries and violence offences.

As part of the initiative, working closely with partner agencies in these areas, officers from Middlesbrough Community Action Team carried out:

• 26 arrests
• 27 stop searches
• Two warrants
• Summonsed 9 people to court
• Seized drugs 17 times including class A and B drugs
• Seized 15 vehicles
• Charged 17 people
• Seized £1,800 in cash

This work is in addition to other work being carried out in the area by other police teams and partner agencies.

Superintendent Marc Anderson, District Commander for Middlesbrough, said: “I am really pleased that we are seeing such brilliant results as a result of having dedicated officers working closely with residents and partners from the council, local housing services, educational establishments along with many others, to create an improved place to live for residents in the TS3 area.

“We know there is still a long way to go and so this work will continue, and we encourage residents with any issues to come forward and speak to police or other agencies so that we can work together to solve them.”