Total Crime Rate
476.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Upper Church 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 Upper Church Street (TS24 7ET) 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 Upper Church Street (TS24 7ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, where police recorded 333 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (130 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartlepool Interchange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartlepool Interchange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clark Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
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