Total Crime Rate
46.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swainby Road area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 110 local areas in Fens & Greatham , and the 87th lowest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Swainby Road (TS25 1EB) in the last 12 months was 46.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% lower than the Fens & Greatham average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swainby Road (TS25 1EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ingleby Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Berwick Street (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hartlepool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grace Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ingleby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cath Hill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swainby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cath Hill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cath Hill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cath Hill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Farndale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farndale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ingleby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ingleby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ingleby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ingleby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ingleby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingleby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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