Total Crime Rate
138.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wensleydale Street area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 118th highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wensleydale Street (TS25 1RA) in the last 12 months was 138.1 per 1,000 residents and was 57.3% lower than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wensleydale Street (TS25 1RA), 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 | Burglary | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Joan'S Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bowness Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Joan'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coleridge Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Russell Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakeland Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sydenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sydenham Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bowness Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashgrove Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashgrove Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hereford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lakeland Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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