Total Crime Rate

3020.1 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 3020.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 1787.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 421.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 309.2 10/10
  • Public order 108.4 10/10
  • Other theft 88.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 80.3 10/10
  • Robbery 52.2 10/10
  • Other crime 48.2 10/10
  • Burglary 44.2 10/10
  • Drugs 44.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
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

Lowthian Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 320 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 Lowthian Road (TS24 8BJ) in the last 12 months was 3020.1 per 1,000 residents and was 834.1% higher than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 445 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 119 (≈ 477.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowthian Road (TS24 8BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 324 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lowthian Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Elcho Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elcho Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Laburnum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Addison Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lowthian Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Addison Road
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Errol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Furness Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Errol Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grainger Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Errol Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Errol Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cameron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Errol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grainger Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Joicey Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Errol Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Derwent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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