Crime Rate in Burn Valley, ward

Burn Valley has the highest crime rate of 12 wards in Hartlepool district and the 92nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 6th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Burn Valley in the last 12 months was 323.3 per 1,000 residents and was 92.0% higher than the Hartlepool district average (168.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Burn Valley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 980 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 27 cases , up 80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -24.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,300 (≈ 131.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Burn Valley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, with 333 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around York Road (110 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.