Total Crime Rate

138.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 138.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.4 9/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wensleydale 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wensleydale Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary St Joan'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Joan'S Grove —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bowness Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sussex Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Joan'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Joan'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Joan'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Coleridge Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Coleridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coleridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Coleridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coleridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Russell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lakeland Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sydenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sydenham Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Bowness Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashgrove Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashgrove Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hereford Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lakeland Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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