Total Crime Rate
3755.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2054.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swainson Street 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 Swainson Street (TS24 8AA) 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 Swainson Street (TS24 8AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, where police recorded 328 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 | Public order | Albert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Grange Shopping Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Under investigation |
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