{"id":384923,"date":"2026-10-05T19:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-the-town-with-the-highest-crime-rate-in-the-uk\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T19:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:00:36","slug":"inside-the-town-with-the-highest-crime-rate-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-the-town-with-the-highest-crime-rate-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the town with the highest crime rate in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/egRf1uwhYe0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the town with the highest crime rate in the UK\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/egRf1uwhYe0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Middlesbrough is a town in shock. In August a tragic incident brought national attention to the grip that organised crime has on communities there.<\/p>\n<p>PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough were killed when their police car was hit by a vehicle travelling the wrong way down the A66. The five young men in the vehicle also died.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Police said that all five may have had links to \u201cserious and organised criminal activity\u201d and four of them had previous convictions.<\/p>\n<p>But even before August&#8217;s crash, and the fallout from it, crime and anti-social behaviour had become a part of daily life in Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the month, our team has spent time in the town, meeting residents, and following police as they try and target offenders.<\/p>\n<p>What they found was a community scared at times, but also resilient and determined not to abandon the place they live.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middlesbrough is a town in shock. 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