Total Crime Rate
638.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawthorn Walk 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 Hawthorn Walk (TS24 8LH) 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 Hawthorn Walk (TS24 8LH), 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.
View Crime In Headland & Harbour| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Challoner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Challoner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Challoner Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Challoner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Challoner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lime Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Challoner Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lime Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lime Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Challoner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Challoner Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willow Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivy Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivy Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivy Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivy Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ivy Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
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