Total Crime Rate
358.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Milbank Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Headland & Harbour , and the 37th 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 Milbank Road (TS24 8NU) in the last 12 months was 358.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 227.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 108.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milbank Road (TS24 8NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cameron Road, where police recorded 55 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 | Parton Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Furness Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Powlett Road | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Allerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Allerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Allerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milbank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Furness Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Powlett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Powlett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Powlett Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Henderson Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Powlett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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