Total Crime Rate
247.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Milbank Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Headland & Harbour , and the 66th highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Milbank Road (TS24 8NE) in the last 12 months was 247.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% higher than the Headland & Harbour average (241.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 110.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milbank Road (TS24 8NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parton Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brecongill Close (26 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Allerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parton Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Allerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grainger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grainger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grainger Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grainger Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grainger Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Allerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mapleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mapleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brecongill Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brecongill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brecongill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brecongill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brecongill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brecongill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Oswald'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hurworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hurworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Powlett Road | Under investigation |
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