Total Crime Rate
3755.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2054.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Road area has the highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Road (TS24 7SD) in the last 12 months was 3755.1 per 1,000 residents and was 998.8% higher than the Burn Valley average (341.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 243 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 302 (≈ 2054.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Road (TS24 7SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Murray Street, where police recorded 365 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (150 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hartlepool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lucan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lucan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lowthian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lowthian Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowthian Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lucan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Johnson Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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