Total Crime Rate

2433.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

494.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 2433.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 1080.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 558.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 494.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 273.1 10/10
  • Robbery 112.5 10/10
  • Public order 100.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 92.4 10/10
  • Other theft 76.3 10/10
  • Burglary 44.2 10/10
  • Drugs 40.2 10/10
  • Other crime 32.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 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 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 Lowthian Road (TS24 8BJ) in the last 12 months was 2433.7 per 1,000 residents and was 612.2% higher than the Burn Valley average (341.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 269 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 123 (≈ 494.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowthian Road (TS24 8BJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lowthian Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/176)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Furness Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Furness Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Johnson Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Young Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Young Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Derwent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Derwent Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Derwent Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Derwent Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elliott Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Joicey Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Straker Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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