Total Crime Rate
216.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sydenham Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 74th highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sydenham Road (TS25 1QB) in the last 12 months was 216.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% lower than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 103.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sydenham Road (TS25 1QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coleridge Avenue, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northumberland Grove (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Joan'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Devon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Devon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Joan'S Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Faulder Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borrowdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northumberland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coleridge Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bowness Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sydenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sydenham Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bowness Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Russell Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashgrove Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ashgrove Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashgrove Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakeland Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Patterdale Street | — |
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