Total Crime Rate

476.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 476.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 133.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 116.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.8 10/10
  • Other theft 37.8 10/10
  • Public order 37.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 32.0 7/10
  • Burglary 26.2 10/10
  • Drugs 14.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.7 9/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitby Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 26th highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitby Street (TS24 7AB) in the last 12 months was 476.7 per 1,000 residents and was 47.5% higher than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 180.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitby Street (TS24 7AB), the main crime hotspot is near Station Approach. Police recorded 178 crimes here, including 82 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitby Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hartlepool Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Empire Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Empire Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhaven Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Hartlepool Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hartlepool Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hartlepool Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lizard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hartlepool Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartlepool Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hartlepool Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartlepool
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartlepool
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartlepool
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitby Walk
Sep 2025Public order Whitby Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitby Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lizard Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lizard Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Approach
Sep 2025Public order John Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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