Total Crime Rate

638.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 638.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 421.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.3 8/10
  • Other crime 12.9 10/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Drugs 10.3 8/10
  • Robbery 10.3 9/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Buckleberry Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Headland & Harbour , and the 16th 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 Buckleberry Close (TS24 8GZ) in the last 12 months was 638.2 per 1,000 residents and was 164.6% higher than the Headland & Harbour average (241.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 163 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 124.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckleberry Close (TS24 8GZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willow Grove, where police recorded 218 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oak Grove (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Buckleberry Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Willow Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challoner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challoner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challoner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challoner Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Challoner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Challoner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challoner Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lime Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lime Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challoner Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challoner Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Willow Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ivy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ivy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ivy Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ivy Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ivy Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatham Gardens Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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