Total Crime Rate
3020.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lowthian 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.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elcho Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elcho Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laburnum Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lowthian Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Errol Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Furness Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Errol Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grainger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Errol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Errol Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cameron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Errol Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grainger Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Joicey Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Errol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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