Total Crime Rate

113.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 41.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.3 10/10
  • Burglary 16.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 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 140th highest crime rate of 317 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 113.0 per 1,000 residents and was 66.9% lower than the Burn Valley average (341.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.4% 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 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Joan'S Grove (21 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
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashgrove Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Suffolk Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Faulder Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Faulder Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Ashgrove Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Ashgrove Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashgrove Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashgrove Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sussex Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kendal Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kendal Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitfield Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coleridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Suffolk Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Kendal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Joan'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Patterdale Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Joan'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Joan'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sydenham Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery St Joan'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Kathleen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery St Joan'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Sydenham Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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